Watch out for Third-hand Smoke

akumushi · 02-09-2010, 11:24 AM

If you have a young baby at home, this actually does matter, so it's advisable to change your clothes and wash up after a smoke before being around the baby. There's also been studies linking this kind of third hand exposure to SIDS. Beyond that, I agree that people are going to far. I don't think an adult should worry about that little of a residue. I'm sure filling up your tank at the gas station exposes you to more carcinogens than this.

Don Fernando · 02-09-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by akumushi

If you have a young baby at home, this actually does matter, so it's advisable to change your clothes and wash up after a smoke before being around the baby.

or you could make the baby smoke, so it doesn't matter anymore

jaymz · 02-25-2010, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Fernando

or you could make the baby smoke, so it doesn't matter anymore

Be careful the pictures you post
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Facebook.html

replicant_argent · 02-09-2010, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by akumushi

If you have a young baby at home, this actually does matter, so it's advisable to change your clothes and wash up after a smoke before being around the baby. There's also been studies linking this kind of third hand exposure to SIDS. Beyond that, I agree that people are going to far. I don't think an adult should worry about that little of a residue. I'm sure filling up your tank at the gas station exposes you to more carcinogens than this.

I would love to see the source on those studies. My guess is that they might be a tad biased. There have been studies linking a lot of things to a lot of other things that have been nothing but Horse Hockey too. At what concentration levels are they talking, and for how long, and what kind of exposure? I suppose that the highly popular "Toddlers licking ashtrays" sport will now be banned too.

I wash my hands before I have interaction with people other than BOTL after a smoke not for health reasons, but because it's a little stinky, and I have respect for those around me when I am not excercising my right to smoke.

akumushi · 02-09-2010, 01:06 PM

Here's one article:

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Originally Posted by replicant_argent

I would love to see the source on those studies. My guess is that they might be a tad biased. There have been studies linking a lot of things to a lot of other things that have been nothing but Horse Hockey too. At what concentration levels are they talking, and for how long, and what kind of exposure? I suppose that the highly popular "Toddlers licking ashtrays" sport will now be banned too.

I wash my hands before I have interaction with people other than BOTL after a smoke not for health reasons, but because it's a little stinky, and I have respect for those around me when I am not excercising my right to smoke.

I've heard it from several friends, and had it pounded into me by my wife, who is a research scientist for a pharmaceutical company and who doesn't take a study seriously unless it was published in a respected medical journal. Not that people don't demonize smokers, but there is really no escaping that it is harmful to infants.

hotreds · 02-09-2010, 01:08 PM

And to think I happily played with hair pins and electrical outlets as a child!

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akumushi Habanos Apologist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,298 Trading: (11)	Re: Watch out for Third-hand Smoke If you have a young baby at home, this actually does matter, so it's advisable to change your clothes and wash up after a smoke before being around the baby. There's also been studies linking this kind of third hand exposure to SIDS. Beyond that, I agree that people are going to far. I don't think an adult should worry about that little of a residue. I'm sure filling up your tank at the gas station exposes you to more carcinogens than this. __________________ "Eventually, however, every ash must drop. And the drop usually is as sudden as it is final."

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