Third-hand Smoke: Another Reason To Quit Smoking

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 21:36 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers have described how tobacco smoke contamination lingers even after a cigarette is extinguished -- a phenomenon they define as "third-hand" smoke. They examine, for the first time, adult attitudes about the health risks to children of third-hand smoke and how those beliefs may relate to rules about smoking in their homes.

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