South Forsyth County – Alpharetta-Cumming Chiropractor Reports:

As if it wasn’t already bad enough for smokers, now researchers report there is another hazard from smoking that is just as difficult to get rid of.

It’s called "third-hand smoke" and is an invisible gas that clings to smoker’s hair, clothes… and… just about everything smoke comes in contact with. This gas is toxic and lingers long after visible smoke is gone.

According to a January 3, 2009 New York Times article, "The residue includes heavy metals, carcinogens and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and ingest, especially if they’re crawling or playing on the floor."
By now, just about everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad; but, this new finding makes the situation much worse.

Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the lead author of the study and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, had this to say in the Reuters article: "When their kids are out of the house, [parents] might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and smoke, and they think it’s okay because the second-hand smoke isn’t getting to their kids" Dr. Winickoff continued. "We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that aren’t visible."

It looks like quitting is still the best option.

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