Carcinogens form from third-hand smoke
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous acid to produce dangerous carcinogens.
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