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12/31/2008

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and colleagues across the country describe how tobacco smoke contamination lingers even after a cigarette is extinguished. This is a phenomenon they define as "third-hand" smoke. When smokers come into contact with their children, even if they are not smoking at the time, children come in contact with toxins that linger on smokers hair, skin, and clothing.