secondhand smoke
noun
: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby
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Other possible causes include exposure to radon and secondhand smoke.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Do not smoke, vape, or use tobacco or nicotine products, and avoid secondhand smoke.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2024
Being exposed to secondhand smoke, radon, arsenic, and asbestos and having a family history of cancer can also increase the risk of this condition.6
However, lung cancer becomes metastatic when existing cancer cells spread to other areas, organs, and tissue in your body.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 28 July 2024
Exposure to secondhand smoke, air pollution, asbestos, diesel exhaust, and radon, a radioactive gas with no smell or color that's typically found in rocks, soil and burning coal and fossil fuels, can also cause lung cancer, according to the ACS.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Do not smoke, vape, or use tobacco or nicotine products, and avoid secondhand smoke.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2024
Being exposed to secondhand smoke, radon, arsenic, and asbestos and having a family history of cancer can also increase the risk of this condition.6
However, lung cancer becomes metastatic when existing cancer cells spread to other areas, organs, and tissue in your body.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 28 July 2024
Exposure to secondhand smoke, air pollution, asbestos, diesel exhaust, and radon, a radioactive gas with no smell or color that's typically found in rocks, soil and burning coal and fossil fuels, can also cause lung cancer, according to the ACS.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
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secondhand smoke
noun
sec·ond·hand smoke
ˌsek-ᵊn(d)-ˌhan(d)- 
: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by a smoker or is given off by burning tobacco (as of a cigarette) and is inhaled by persons nearby
called also passive smoke
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