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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. |