Here It Comes: Stupid Claims of THIRD Hand Smoking

Here come claims of THIRD hand smoking, and they say that if smoke aromas exist on your clothes, in your car or in your drapes, your baby will die. But only the gay ones and the weak-ass ones, so Darwin rules the day.

From the AFP here with thanks to Dan:

A US study says third-hand smoke — tobacco residue clinging to surfaces — is also bad for you. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months.

“Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs,” said Hugo Destaillats, a corresponding author of the study.

“TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smoke,” he said.

The most likely human exposure to TSNAs is through either inhalation of dust or the contact of skin with carpet or clothes — making third-hand smoke particularly dangerous to infants and toddlers.

“Smoking outside is better than smoking indoors but nicotine residues will stick to a smoker’s skin and clothing,” said Lara Gundel, a co-author of the study. Those residues follow a smoker back inside and get spread everywhere. The biggest risk is to young children,” she said.

“Dermal uptake of the nicotine through a child’s skin is likely to occur when the smoker returns and if nitrous acid is in the air, which it usually is, then TSNAs will be formed.”

No one has the guts to just come right out and ban tobacco. Instead scientists continue to create bogus studies blaming deaths on cigarette smoking. The fact is that second hand smoke does not cause cancer. But everyone banned smoking anyways because of BS scientific studies. Sure, I like that pubs and bars are non-smoking now and I can actually smell the food and the hops in my beer. But isn’t enough enough? Stop hounding the smokers!