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1. What is thirdhand smoke, and why is it a concern? - Mayo Clinic

   Research has clearly shown that secondhand smoke causes many health problems, including cancer, heart disease and respiratory illness. The effects from long ...

2. Heart attack prevention: Should I avoid secondhand smoke? - Mayo Clinic

   Secondhand smoke includes the smoke from a burning cigarette or pipe and the ... Encourage smokers you're often around to quit smoking. It's especially ...

3. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Toxic chemicals from cigarettes remain toxic in secondhand smoke

   Secondhand smoke — also known as environmental tobacco smoke — is a combination of the smoke coming from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the ...

4. Secondhand Smoke - Nicotine Research Program - Mayo Clinic Research

   There are 250 toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke, including 69 known cancer-causing agents (carcinogens). Inhaling secondhand smoke can lead to disease and ...

5. Does Secondhand Smoke Increase Risk of Infertility and Early Menopause? - Mayo Clinic News Network

   The study also reports that secondhand smoke may lead to early menopause, before the age of 50. Mayo Clinic reproductive and infertility expert Dr. Jani Jensen ...

6. Consumer Health: Secondhand smoke and heart attack risk - what's the connection? - Mayo Clinic News Network

   You don't smoke because you understand the dangers, but what about smoke you inhale involuntarily? Secondhand smoke includes the smoke that a smoker exhales ...

7. Cigar smoking: Safer than cigarette smoking? - Mayo Clinic

   Nicotine. Cigars, like cigarettes, contain nicotine, the substance that can lead to tobacco dependence. · Secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke from cigars contains ...

8. Consumer Health: Secondhand smoke and heart disease - Mayo Clinic News Network

   Secondhand smoke damages blood vessels and interferes with circulation, which increases the risk of heart disease and heart attack. Understand what's in ...

9. Mayo Clinic Minute: Secondhand electronic cigarette smoke

   Secondhand cigarette smoke is a combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers. Exposure to secondhand smoke ...

10. Hookah smoking: Is it safer than cigarette smoking? - Mayo Clinic

    Nicotine is the habit-forming chemical in tobacco that keeps a person smoking. Hookah smoke poses dangers linked to secondhand smoke. Hookah smoking by pregnant ...