Smoke smell in carpet and furniture also harmful

There are three types of smoking. First-hand smoking is when you smoke yourself. Second-hand smoking means that you smoke second-hand while someone in your company is smoking. Thirdhand smoking is the ingestion of smoke smell that has lodged in clothing, furniture or carpets. Meldpunt asked pulmonologist Wanda de Kanter to explain this phenomenon.

It is easy to demonstrate that tobacco residues are harmful. “Burnt tobacco is a tarry substance. It’s not just about the nicotine, but there’s a lot more to tobacco. It contains thousands of substances, some of which are carcinogenic. It’s all in the tar that settles in your home. If you put this sludge on a mouse, it will get cancer.”

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