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Office of Tobacco Control. (2004) Second-hand smoke: the facts. Kildare: Office of Tobacco Control.

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Second-hand smoke is the smoke a smoker blows into the air, and the smoke that drifts into the air from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

Exposure to second-hand smoke frequently referred to as “passive smoking” occurs when you are exposed to other people’s tobacco smoke.

Most of the smoke from a cigarette goes directly into the air. This is called side stream smoke. Second-hand smoke is the mix of the 15% mainstream smoke exhaled by the smoker and the 85% side stream smoke.

This consumer information leaflet provides a summary of the health effects of second-hand smoke, recent steps taken to protect people in the workplace and advice in relation to protecting vulnerable groups.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
2004
Publisher
Office of Tobacco Control
Corporate Creators
Office of Tobacco Control
Place of Publication
Kildare
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)

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