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passive smoking

NOUN
smoke inhaled by nonsmokers
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As one meta-analysis of research data found in 1998, "the only factor associated with concluding that passive smoking is not harmful was whether an author was affiliated with the tobacco industry."

From Salon Jul. 20, 2021

At least there is strong scientific evidence that passive smoking equates to actual, in some cases deadly, harm.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2018

Family pets are equally, if not more, at risk of being affected by passive smoking as humans, research suggests.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2017

“No clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer,” read a 2013 headline in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, hardly a pro-tobacco publication.

From Slate Feb. 13, 2017

No study has ever produced such a result.Many experts argue that passive smoking is also responsible for cardiovascular disease and other asthma attacks.

From Time Jun. 3, 2013



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