Sometimes we smoke "first-hand". Sometimes we're in the presence of other people's "second-hand" smoke. Now we have "third-hand" smoke. Non-smokers' newest paranoia or genuine threat?
We feel like this study is mostly for the trashy folk who smoke around their own kids, not for people like us, who aren't responsible for anyone but our ourselves and smoke just to look cool.
Anyway, even the stale smell of smoke in that sweater you never wash is toxic.
Science Daily reports:
"When you smoke – anyplace – toxic particulate matter from tobacco smoke gets into your hair and clothing," says lead study author, Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, assistant director of the MGHfC Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy. "When you come into contact with your baby, even if you're not smoking at the time, she comes in contact with those toxins. And if you breastfeed, the toxins will transfer to your baby in your breastmilk." Winickoff notes that nursing a baby if you're a smoker is still preferable to bottle-feeding, however.
We weren't expecting that last bit of information.
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