Post # 18: Secondhand smoke form less common sources

When speaking of secondhand smoke, of course most of us think of cigarettes. What about less common sources, such as cigars or pipes? Cigars contain larger amounts of tobacco, burn more slowly, and have more porous wrapping materials. All these factors contribute to an even higher concentration of potent cancer-causing elements in the resulting secondhand smoke.

Pipes, although the resulting secondhand smoke might be more aromatic, give off the same toxic fumes as cigars.

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/QuestionsaboutSmokingTobaccoandHealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco-and-health-pipes-cigars

In short, no amount of smoking of any type of tobacco is safe.

By: Martha J. Powell, RRT, CEO

Strategic Medical Sales, LLC