Other People's Tobacco Smoke

Does breathing other people's tobacco smoke cause lung cancer?

The available epidemiological studies of lung cancer and exposure to other people's tobacco smoke, in which exposure was assessed by whether or not a person classified as a non-smoker lived with a smoker, were identified and the results combined. There were 10 case-control studies and three prospective studies. Overall, there was a highly significant 35% increase in the risk of lung cancer amon...

Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Cigarettes: Smoke by Any Other Name.

Philip Morris International (PMI) supports scientific data transparency, data sharing and actively encourages the conduct of independent studies on IQOS that are aimed at advancing scientific and medical knowledge or verifying the results we obtained through our assessment program described by Smith et al. To date we have published over 30 peer-reviewed articles describing studies specifically ...

Biological activity of tobacco smoke and tobacco smoke-related chemicals.

Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity. This activity can be detected by using as substrates either benzo(a)pyrene or ethoxyresorufin, and can be inhibited by treatment with cycloheximide or actinomycin D. Unlike the induction ...

Tobacco Smoke Filter Material

[Asthma and tobacco smoke].