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Mentat
X-Ray Wave
USA
1269 Posts |
 Posted - 02/21/2003 : 19:27:53
I heard some people talking about second-hand smoke, and one of them said that it was worse for you than actually smoking. Is there any truth to this? If so, why?
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MajinVegeta
Visible Light Wave
USA
676 Posts |
 Posted - 02/22/2003 : 00:19:39
Here is a fairly informative site:
http://www.straubhealth.com/healthtopics/secondhandsmoke.htm
www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
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X-Ray Wave
USA
1269 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2003 : 18:51:19
And yet, is it true, that it's worse for a person than actually smoking. That doesn't make any sense to me, but if someone could explain it, I'd appreciate it.
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MajinVegeta
Visible Light Wave
USA
676 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2003 : 23:42:14
The person actually smoking is absorbing the chemicals in a more concentrated fashion. He/she has the cigarrette in his mouth, and is breathing in more chemicals. While a person standing by would only breath in a small portion of the chemical.www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
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OH man
Radio Wave
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 05:13:36
quote:
Originally posted by MajinVegeta:
The person actually smoking is absorbing the chemicals in a more concentrated fashion. He/she has the cigarrette in his mouth, and is breathing in more chemicals. While a person standing by would only breath in a small portion of the chemical.www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
Hm, well...The second hand smoke, is that coming directly from the cigarette? Or when the smoker exhales? I would assume the latter. In that case, the smoke is being 1)filtered through the cigarette and into the smokers lungs, and then filtered in the lungs and back out into the air where it is breathed in as second-hand smoke.
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MajinVegeta
Visible Light Wave
USA
676 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 05:27:10
Actually, second hand smoke is comes from the cigarrette.www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
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OH man
Radio Wave
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 05:31:18
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Originally posted by MajinVegeta:
Actually, second hand smoke is comes from the cigarrette.www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
K, well in that case it would depend on the strength of the filter in the cigarette(is there even one in there??) Thats why the smoker could be getting less toxins, even though they are inhaling more smoke: It has been partially cleaned... .
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MajinVegeta
Visible Light Wave
USA
676 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 05:35:46
filter?? I'm pretty sure it does not have one.www.dbzsc.com/vegeta34.jpg
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RageSk8
Visible Light Wave
USA
798 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 09:21:44
Errrr... This is sort of BS. Yes the smoke from the tip of a cig has more chemicals but:1. The smoker inhales this as well
2. Most exess smoke is exhaled from the smoker
3. The amount of smoke someone takes in is minor ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Because I am a bastard" - Hemingway "It is not that everything is wrong it is that everything is dangerous" - Foucault
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Another God
X-Ray Wave
Australia
1683 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 11:47:58
everything that is said above. But just want to clarrify that the idea of second hand smoke being worse than smoking, is just that the smoker has the filter, while the non-smoker doesn't get the filtered smoke. But really, I don't think this could be classified as 'worse'.
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OH man
Radio Wave
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 13:00:16
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Originally posted by Another God:
is just that the smoker has the filter, while the non-smoker doesn't get the filtered smoke.
Thats in conflict with what rage is saying : "Most exess smoke is exhaled from the smoker"
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X-Ray Wave
USA
1269 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 19:44:26
And, also, the smoke doesn't go in a straight stream toward the non-smoker; but rather disperses into the air, leaving only a minute fraction that is actually inhaled by the non-smoker. I'm with Rage on this - it seems like BS.
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russ_watters
Radio Wave
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2003 : 15:33:05
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3. The amount of smoke someone takes in is minor
As with all poisons, concentration is key. The smoker inhales a far higher concentration of these toxins than a non-smoker could. I also agree that its bs.
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pmytial
Infrared Wave
United Kingdom
418 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2003 : 23:15:31
A lot of BS.The amount of time I spend around smokers is very small anyway.
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