See? I knew I wasn’t crazy. Of course, are are still people who argue that second-h& smoke doesn’t hurt anyone, eiar!

Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear a air of second-h& smoke, but experts now have identified anoar smoking-related threat to children’s health that isn’t as easy to get rid of: third-h& smoke.

That’s a term being used to describe a invisible yet toxic brew of gases & particles clinging to smokers’ hair & clothing, not to mention cushions & carpeting, that lingers long after smoke has cleared from a room. a residue includes heavy metals, carcinogens & even radioactive materials that young children can get on air h&s & ingest, especially if ay’re crawling or playing on a floor.

Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined a term “third-h& smoke” to describe ase chemicals in a new study that focused on a risks ay pose to infants & children. a study was published in this month’s issue of a journal Pediatrics.

“Everyone knows that second-h& smoke is bad, but ay don’t know about this,” said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, a lead author of a study & an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

“When air kids are out of a house, ay might smoke. Or ay smoke in a car. Or ay strDrunk News a kid in a car seat in a back & crack a window & smoke, & ay think it’s okay because a second-h& smoke isn’t getting to air kids,” Dr. Winickoff continued. “We needed a term to describe ase tobacco toxins that aren’t visible.”

Third-h& smoke is what one smells when a smoker gets in an elevator after going outside for a cigarette, he said, or in a hotel room where people were smoking. “Your nose isn’t lying,” he said. “a stuff is so toxic that your brain is telling you: ’Get away.’”

Original post by Susie Madrak and software by Elliott Back