Items Tagged ‘third-hand smoke’

September 22, 2017

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Editor, Karl Oestreich;  Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik   Star Tribune Mayo Clinic offers first aid assistance via Amazon’s Alexa digital […]

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Tags: AAP News, Aargauer Zeitung, ABC News, advisory board, aging, Alzforum, alzheimer's disease, Amazon, Amazon Alexa, American Nursing Informatics Association, Android Headlines, AsiaOne


February 15, 2010

Skip the cigar when celebrating baby: third-hand smoke especially dangerous for infants

By Kelley Luckstein

We all know that smoking is bad for you, and particularly for young children and babies, but a new study finds that the residue left behind on hair, clothing, skin and furniture, also poses a risk. That residue, termed third-hand smoke (defined as “tobacco residue clinging to surfaces”), is the focus of a recent study […]

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Tags: third-hand smoke


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