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Your Coworker’s Outdoor Smoke Break Could Still Contaminate Your Cubicle, Study Finds
Smoking has been banned in most public indoor spaces in Australia for years now – and for the better – but that doesn’t necessarily mean nonsmokers are free from toxic cigarette chemicals. New research published this week in Science Advances suggests that not only can the chemical residue left behind by cigarette smoking find its…
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Tattletale Smoke Detector Knows When And What You’re Smoking
Just because it’s illegal for people to smoke in certain areas, it doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t, and putting up a ‘No Smoking’ sign isn’t much of a deterrent. So Joseph BelBruno, a chemistry professor from Dartmouth College, has turned his research on second-hand smoke into a new kind of smoke detector that’s specifically tuned…
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Study: Some E-Cigs Put Out Tobacco-Like Levels Of Carcinogens
An upcoming study in the peer-reviewed journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research says that some tank-style e-cigarettes emit cancer-causing formaldehyde in their vapour at levels similar to traditional tobacco cigarettes. The New York Times, which revealed the findings ahead of publication, says a second study confirms the results.
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Plain Cigarette Packaging Is Working Say Researchers
The Federal Government scored a massive win over cigarette companies a few weeks ago when the High Court decided in favour of plain packaging in Australia. Now as other countries discuss the similar moves, scientists have discovered that plain packages for cigarettes actually deter people from smoking, especially young women.