Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes or vapes, cause many of the same health hazards as cigarettes. When someone uses an e-cigarette, the exhaled vapor absorbs into nearby materials and becomes thirdhand vapor residue.
The research center will work to advance California’s tobacco control goals through policy approaches aimed at the toxic legacy of commercial tobacco use in outdoor and indoor environments.
A new study from thirdhand smoke researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows that thirdhand smoke chemicals that settle into surfaces do not stay there, but re-enter the air, sometimes transforming into new types of contaminants. In this study, the researchers evaluated the effects of ozonation, a common cleaning method, on smoke-exposed carpet.
This study assessed tobacco smoke chemicals in air and settled dust from private cars in Spain and the United Kingdom. Researchers examined cars from nonsmokers, smokers who do not smoke in their cars, and smokers who do smoke in their cars.
As Germany plans to ban smoking in cars with children or pregnant women, the German newspaper, Die Zeit, asked experts to weigh in on the forthcoming policy. The experts concluded that this policy does not go far enough and advised caution, especially for children, due to long-term risks posed by thirdhand smoke exposure (known as cold smoke exposure in Germany). Read the full story to answer the question, “Does Cold Smoke Make You Sick?”
Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes or vapes, cause many of the same health hazards as cigarettes. When someone uses an e-cigarette, the exhaled vapor absorbs into nearby materials and becomes thirdhand vapor residue.
When people smoke in a car, thirdhand smoke residue builds up just the way it does in any indoor environment. However, a car is a much smaller space.
The research center will work to advance California’s tobacco control goals through policy approaches aimed at the toxic legacy of commercial tobacco use in outdoor and indoor environments.
A new study from thirdhand smoke researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows that thirdhand smoke chemicals that settle into surfaces do not stay there, but re-enter the air, sometimes transforming into new types of contaminants. In this study, the researchers evaluated the effects of ozonation, a common cleaning method, on smoke-exposed carpet.
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Part of the California Thirdhand Smoke Research Consortium and funded by the California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, the Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center shares information and resources to protect Californians from exposure to persistent and toxic residue left behind by tobacco, electronic cigarette, and marijuana use.
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