Definition of secondhand smoke
: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby
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The American Lung Association says there are a few ways to lessen your risk: don't smoke, avoid secondhand smoke, be aware of air pollution in your home or workplace and advocate for healthy air quality.
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In the process of developing the bill, the girls did research on secondhand smoke and presented it to the council.
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In the process of developing the bill, the girls did research on secondhand smoke and presented it to the council.
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This includes 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.
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Eighteen months after the 2015 voluntary ban, researchers at Drexel and Johns Hopkins Universities found that exposure to secondhand smoke was cut in half.
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In Wisconsin, more than 7,000 people die each year from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Springer demonstrated that, at least in rats, the same physiological effect occurs after inhaling secondhand smoke from marijuana.
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Back in the early 1990s, tobacco firms managed to block publication of an Environmental Protection Agency report on the dangers of secondhand smoke for more than two years.
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First Known Use of secondhand smoke
1891
SECONDHAND SMOKE Defined for English Language Learners
secondhand smoke
Definition of secondhand smoke for English Language Learners
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: smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc., that can be inhaled by people who are near the person who is smoking
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of secondhand smoke
: 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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