NATS 1670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Sidestream Smoke, World Health Organization, Respiratory Disease
7 Jan 2018
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Copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases: term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory (non-reversible) asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis. The tobbaco comapanies claim money for business expenses as a result of the cost of ad and promotion. If you can market a product that kills people, you can sell anything more info about cancer http://www. cancer. ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-101/what-is-cancer/?region=on. Tobacco smoke: the tobacco companies do not declare the ingredients in their products, but it is known by analysis that there are over 4000 different chemicals in cigarette smoke, many of which are toxic. Tobacco smoke is composed of mainstream" smoke (from the filter or mouth end) and. When a person smokes, about 85% of the smoke that is released is sidestream smoke. Many of the toxic ingredients are in a higher concentration in sidestream than in mainstream smoke, and any other people in the vicinity are also exposed to them.
