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Web Pages |
Measuring Cigarette Exposure |
Annotated bibliography of scientific papers mostly on measurement of exposure to secondhand smoke. |
Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Exposure Measurements and Prevalence |
Scientific report breaks down tobacco smoke constituents, their physical and chemical properties, and indoor air concentrations. |
Constituents of Tobacco Smoke: What's in a puff? |
What gets breathed out as well as in. |
Smoke-Free For Health - Studies |
Collection of recent research studies on health effects of secondhand smoke. |
Can Ventilation Control Secondhand Smoke |
57 page technical report analyzes the question, summarizes technical material, evaluates criteria and conclusions. |
Why Secondhand Smoke Cannot Be Controlled With Ventilation |
Factsheet explains the pollution measurement and science of smoke concentration and buildup. |
Exposure of the US Population to Secondhand Smoke |
Research estimates the extent of exposure of the US population to secondhand smoke, and how that breaks down into home and workplace exposures. |
Chemicals in Smoke |
Factsheets and papers on: how cigarettes are tested for chemical content; total yearly chemical emissions from secondhand smoke; comparison of secondhand smoke and air pollution; estimates of amounts of 30 chemicals a restaurant worker would inhale in an 8 hour shift; description of tobacco smoke components; threshold limit values for chemicals found in tobacco smoke. |
A Molecular Dosimetry Approach to Assess Human Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
Recent research measures effects of exposure to secondhand smoke from single pub visit. |
Biomarkers of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Preschool Children and their mothers. |
Scientific paper on measurement of children's exposure to secondhand smoke. |
Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Carcinogen-Hemoglobin Adduct Levels |
Scientific paper on measurement of exposure to secondhand smoke. |
Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development |
Online course in scientific investigation uses actual experiment performed on effects of secondhand smoke. |
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Widespread |
Results from recent research give measurements of exposure to secondhand smoke. |
Assessing Exposure to Air Toxicants from Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
Secondhand smoke measurements of acetaldehyde, acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, 2-butanone, o-cresol, m,p-cresol, ethyl acrylate, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, n-nitrosodimethylamine, phenol, styrene, toluene, o-xylene, and m,p-xylene. |
Designated "No Smoking" Areas Provide Little Protection from Secondhand Smoke |
Research measures secondhand smoke in "no smoking" areas, and finds that little protection is provided compared to the exposures in the smoking area. |