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DOI: 10.1191/096032701670538508 © 2001 SAGE Publications The miseries of passive smoiongToxicology Laboratory, Institute of Hygiene and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center, D-45147 Essen, Germany Passive smoking is defined as an involuntary exposure to a combined but diluted cigarette sidestream smoke (SS, gas and particle phases that are evolved fromthe smoldering end ofacigarettewhilethesmokerisnotpuffing) andthe exhaled smoke from smokers. SS contains numerous cytotoxic substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), aromatic amines, nitrosamines, heavy metals, poisonous gases, pesticide residues, and radioactive elements in quantities much higher than those found from the cigarette mainstream smoke (MS) which is puffed by smokers. Passive smoking is found to be the cause of death from cancers and cardiac disease. Furthermore, it damagingly involves reproductive organs, the nervous system, genetic materials, and is particularly hazardous to mother and child during pregnancy and to those with a history of asthma, chronic infections, induced or earned immune deficiency, or predisposed susceptibility.
Key Words: toxicity • ETS • human exposure • symptoms • cancer • heart failure • brain function • pregnancy • infertility • children • disease prevention
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