Again with the 3rd Hand Smoke

[12pups]

Heard on the radio today, driving to work, that there is definitely maybe a possibility that 3rd hand smoke causes cancer. Researchers believe, though, that it will be some time before they can *prove* a link.
Apparently they can't get enough people who habitually suck the drapes and lick the wallpaper in a smoker's house. But... when they do... then there'll be some serious legislation....
(We're safe at my house. Particulate matter from the smoke just won't stick to the dust.)

 

[cuchulain]

What exactly is third hand smoke?

 

[moriarty]

It is the risk of contracting lung cancer merely from meeting somebody who has been near a smoker. If you can smell smoke then you can die, right there, on the spot.
Nobody has ever caught lung cancer or died in this way before, but what it it's possible? Even though it makes no sense at all, medically, if we can save just a single child from the risk of dropping dead after noticing that his uncle's sweater smells of smoke a bit, shouldn't we take a cautious stance and eradicate all smoking completely? I mean, why risk a child's life just because some fool wants to smoke in their own home which somebody you know might visit one day? And, at the same time we could get rid of all those horrible pipe smokers with their stupid beards.
How can you argue with that?

 

[latbomber]

What exactly is third hand smoke?

Complete Bulls#&t.

 

[apatim]

Ya know, it's about damn time those brilliant minds in DC started looking after those poor souls who habitually suck the drapes and lick the wallpaper in a smoker's house. :crazy:

 

[plateauguy]

Why don't they worry about the brain damage from pot AND do a study on second hand pot smoke?

 

[metarzan]

Sounds like a good name for a band I have been meaning to start... "Third Hand Smoke!"

 

[av8scuba]

Apparently they can't get enough people who habitually suck the drapes and lick the wallpaper in a smoker's house

:rofl:

 

[fadingdaylight]

This shit right here kills me. What about second hand exhaust fumes? What about industrial pollution? Much larger threats exist, yet we have people dedicating their lives to researching 3rd hand tobacco smoke.

 

[lostandfound]

Why don't they worry about the brain damage from pot AND do a study on second hand pot smoke?

I seriously hope you're joking.

 

[nardzorb]

plateauguy must be joking, ignorance like that is so old fashioned.
I'm going to lick the windows now, the residue is sounding good.

 

[mrjerke]

Those kids licked the wallpaper in Willy Wonka. I sure hope he wasn't a pipe smoker!

 

[condorlover1]

Hell! Can you imagine what would happen if you licked the wallpaper in my office?

 

[kanaka95]

Third hand smoke.You gotta be kidding me.

 

[12pups]

Save the women and children!
...or something like that.
For those lost on the subject, yeah: There are places that forbid people from smoking in their own homes now because the residue from the smoke that was there at some point in time is also carcinogenic.
And the emphasis is on saving toddlers and infants, who are more likely to contact these carcinogens than the average adult, because they put things in their mouth.
Now... at some point, some sane person has got to realize that there are TONS of environmental "particulates" that are standing in line to kill us long before "3rd hand smoke" is. One mentioned not long ago was incense. The incense that people burn in their homes has 4 times the particulates that tobacco smoke does.
--- And don't get me started on people who don't put water in their broilers before they cook meat! (You can't even see in their living rooms and bathrooms let alone their kitchens, for all the particulates in the air!).
LOL
Yeah. Congressmen looking to keep their names on something, anything, that's moving through the legislative process.
(ah geez... maybe I should explain about the broilers... Fat dripping onto the hot pan makes smoke. But putting just a little bit of water in, enough to cover the bottom, quenches the fat in water that won't let it smoke. It's one of the tips for broiling that keeps your smoke alarms from going off. IF you didn't know that, try it).

 

[12pups]

PS: Pot is 12 times as harsh on your respiratory system as tobacco. But those studies were done with cigarette smokers. That's an unfair comparison in my book, because no one who smokes pot can keep up with, or afford to keep up with, a chain smoker of generic cigarette tobaccos. One cigarette vs. one joint? Huh uh. Doesn't make sense. The cigarette smoker is going to out pace the recreational weed guy by a factor of at least 150 or so -- probably way more -- rendering the "12 times" a moot point.
No. I don't smoke pot. I just think about things and make distinctions about what is pure BS and what might be worth remembering.

 

[dottiewarden]

Don't forget the 4th hand smoke. It's when the kid that sucked the drapes spits on his little brother.

 

[zekest]

Google "Forth Hand Smoke" it has been "proven" that used clothing and furniture in an environment that has ever been exposed to tobacco smoke can cause cancer.
Its on the Internet, so it must be true.

 

[brian64]

The 3rd hand smoke BS (as well as 2nd hand for that matter) is necessary to distract and buffalo the masses because “medical science” doesn’t want people asking uncomfortable questions about what is actually causing all of the cancers...especially in children. And why after so many years and so much money being embezzled donated, none of the “research organizations” ever come up with any answers.

 

[condorlover1]

I always thought that cigarettes were the largest cause of statistics! To be frank here there are always certain groups in society who feel they know what is best for the majority. The bulk are professional politicians who have never held a real world job, followed naturally by lawyers. I have always believed that to serve in the political area one must have held employment in the real world for at least 15 years. This would get rid of the morons who come out of think tanks and straight in Parliament. As for fourth hand smoke this is an 'opportunity' for the various law firms that specialize on Class Action suits that feed of the body corpus of you and me. Sometimes I think that old Hughie Long had it about right on peoples rights! Excuse me while I light up my pipe and blow it in the face of some disapproving individual!