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reason.com - 1/8/2009
Thirdhand Smoke Alarm
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A recent New York Times headline warns parents to be on the lookout for "A New Cigarette Hazard: 'Third-Hand Smoke.'" The freshly coined term, introduced by a study reported in the journal Pediatrics , refers to particles and gases that linger in a room after someone has ...

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tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009
New Study Warns of Dangers of "Thirdhand" Tobacco Smoke
— tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com — A study published online ahead of print in the journal Pediatrics warns of the dangers, especially to children, of "thirdhand" tobacco smoke -- residual smoke which can cause exposure long after a smoker has stopped smoking. The study describes ... (more) New Study Warns of Dangers of "Thirdhand" Tobacco Smoke
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Overlawyered — “You’ve got to be alive to be inconvenienced”: some thoughts on the withdrawal of an emergency battlefield therapy [GruntDoc] Yes, let’s all have a nice scare over “third-hand” tobacco smoke, or actually let’s not [Sullum, Siegel, Greenfield] And you knew they were coming: “smokeasies” [Tuccille, Examiner] “We are fully cooperating with the government in its investigations” (Hey, I never said “we” included my client) [WSJ Law Blog on Madoff case] ...

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