¿Qué productos de tabaco contribuyen al humo de terceros?

Los productos de tabaco vienen en muchas formas diferentes, incluidos cigarrillos, cigarros, cigarrillos, pequeños cigarros, pipas, cigarrillos electrónicos, pipas de agua llamadas narguile o shisha, productos solubles y productos de tabaco sin humo como mascada, tabaco de escupir y rapé. Todos los productos de tabaco se fabrican a partir de las hojas de la planta de tabaco. Algunas de las sustancias químicas tóxicas presentes en el humo del tabaco se producen naturalmente en la planta de tabaco, otros se agregan o se crean durante el proceso de fabricación y otros se forman cuando se quema el tabaco. Todos los productos de tabaco pueden dejar residuos químicos. Sabemos más sobre los residuos tóxicos de la quema de productos de tabaco, como cigarrillos, cigarros, pipas y narguile. También se han encontrado niveles altos de humo de tercera mano en entornos bajo techo donde los residentes usaban tabaco sin humo, cigarrillos electrónicos y marihuana.

Actualizado: Noviembre 2019

Fuentes:

Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017;30(1), 270-294.

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