We just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Earth day!
Some of you may not realize it but Ecf houses 35,156 members! Not to mention other forms that house thousands as well.
That's over 35 thousand reformed cigarette smokers!
We all are doing our part on saving this planet, even if it's as small as refusing to smoke a single cigarette. Because what seems small is actually a significant difference!
Is outdoor tobacco smoke really toxic?
Yes. tobacco smoke contains over one hundred recognized toxic chemicals, hazardous air pollutants, or known carcinogens -- including benzene, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide, cadmium, 1,3-butadiene, and benzo-a-pyrene. In addition to being a strong irritant and potential annoyance, tobacco smoke can have adverse effects on the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
Isn't air pollution from vehicles and power plants more serious?
Some critics try to diminish the impact of outdoor air pollution from smoking by saying that air pollution from other combustion sources (for example, cars, trucks, and power plants) is much worse. This argument is flawed.
In fact, when no smokers were present, we consistently measured background air pollution levels that were practically zero. We found the air in typical urban locations in California, even near roadways, to be generally quite clean compared to air in the vicinity of smokers.
It is important to remember that one's proximity to a source of air pollution is most important. Unless you are standing near a smokestack or right at a tailpipe, the air pollution from cars and power plants mixes in the atmosphere and becomes very diluted before it reaches your lungs. In contrast, a cigarette, while it has much smaller emissions than a power plant or car, is more likely to be very close to people and, therefore, to expose them to concentrated levels.
To put things in perspective, we typically measured background air pollution (from all distant sources) to be less than 10 or 20 micrograms per cubic meter of air. In contrast, we sometimes measured air pollution near a cigarette to be over 1000 micrograms.
What health effects result from exposure to tobacco smoke?
Since outdoor air pollution from smoking can reach high levels for short time periods, there is the potential for acute health effects. Minor health effects include eye and respiratory irritation. Previous research has shown that even short exposures to air pollutants in cigarette smoke can be seriously harmful to children and adults, potentially leading to an increased likelihood of ear and respiratory infections, the onset or increased severity of asthma attacks, and a possible increased risk of myocardial infarction for those who already have some cardiovascular risk.
Outdoor Tobacco Smoke Study
So if you magnify the findings to 35 thousand people, I'd say we're all indeed doing our part!
Hat's off to All of our vaper's from All of the forums!
Congratulations guys!
Some of you may not realize it but Ecf houses 35,156 members! Not to mention other forms that house thousands as well.
That's over 35 thousand reformed cigarette smokers!
We all are doing our part on saving this planet, even if it's as small as refusing to smoke a single cigarette. Because what seems small is actually a significant difference!
Is outdoor tobacco smoke really toxic?
Yes. tobacco smoke contains over one hundred recognized toxic chemicals, hazardous air pollutants, or known carcinogens -- including benzene, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide, cadmium, 1,3-butadiene, and benzo-a-pyrene. In addition to being a strong irritant and potential annoyance, tobacco smoke can have adverse effects on the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
Isn't air pollution from vehicles and power plants more serious?
Some critics try to diminish the impact of outdoor air pollution from smoking by saying that air pollution from other combustion sources (for example, cars, trucks, and power plants) is much worse. This argument is flawed.
In fact, when no smokers were present, we consistently measured background air pollution levels that were practically zero. We found the air in typical urban locations in California, even near roadways, to be generally quite clean compared to air in the vicinity of smokers.
It is important to remember that one's proximity to a source of air pollution is most important. Unless you are standing near a smokestack or right at a tailpipe, the air pollution from cars and power plants mixes in the atmosphere and becomes very diluted before it reaches your lungs. In contrast, a cigarette, while it has much smaller emissions than a power plant or car, is more likely to be very close to people and, therefore, to expose them to concentrated levels.
To put things in perspective, we typically measured background air pollution (from all distant sources) to be less than 10 or 20 micrograms per cubic meter of air. In contrast, we sometimes measured air pollution near a cigarette to be over 1000 micrograms.
What health effects result from exposure to tobacco smoke?
Since outdoor air pollution from smoking can reach high levels for short time periods, there is the potential for acute health effects. Minor health effects include eye and respiratory irritation. Previous research has shown that even short exposures to air pollutants in cigarette smoke can be seriously harmful to children and adults, potentially leading to an increased likelihood of ear and respiratory infections, the onset or increased severity of asthma attacks, and a possible increased risk of myocardial infarction for those who already have some cardiovascular risk.
Outdoor Tobacco Smoke Study
So if you magnify the findings to 35 thousand people, I'd say we're all indeed doing our part!
Hat's off to All of our vaper's from All of the forums!
Congratulations guys!
Thank you for taking the time to share that!!
