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Third-hand Smoke Accumulated On Surfaces Can Trigger Skin Diseases, Study Warns

By: Nidhi Goyal | November 13th, 2022 Cigarette smoke is bad for you, even if it’s someone else’s smoke.Not just first-hand smoke, we all are already aware of the risks of inhaling someone else’s ‘second-hand’ smoke. When someone smokes a cigarette, most of the smoke goes into the air, where anyone nearby can breathe it.But now, a recent study has highlighted the risks of third-hand smoke!A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has found harmful effects from not just first or second-hand smoke, but third-hand smoke.What Is Third-hand Smoke?Tobacco smoke has more than 4,000 chemical compounds, and over 250 of these chemical compounds are known to cause diseas... [Read more]

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