ArticleChronic diseases and translational medicine2020
Thirdhand smoke: Genotoxicity and carcinogenic potential.
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- Analysis of Assessment Methods for Detecting Nicotine Residue and Its Impact on Humans: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- A Critical Perspective on the Role of Thirdhand Smoke in Tumorigenesis: Initiator or Promoter.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Assessment, detection, and validation of clinical associations of thirdhand smoke exposure (ADVOCATE) study protocol.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Potentially toxic metals in umbilical cord blood as a biomarker for passive smoker women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Awareness of third-hand smoke: A cross-sectional study among medical students at Qassim University.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Global burden of stroke attributable to secondhand smoke in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: analysis of the global burden of disease study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Changes and stability of hand nicotine levels in children of smokers: Associations with urinary biomarkers, reported child tobacco smoke exposure, and home smoking bans.Environment international · 2023Article
- Thirdhand vaping exposures are associated with pulmonary and systemic inflammation in a mouse model.Journal of environmental exposure assessment · 2023Article
- Thirdhand tobacco smoke exposure increases the genetic background-dependent risk of pan-tumor development in Collaborative Cross mice.Environment international · 2023Article
- The beliefs of medical faculty students about thirdhand smoke.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Hand nicotine as an independent marker of thirdhand smoke pollution in children's environments.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- The association between neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems and tobacco smoke exposure among 3-17 years old children.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Differential associations of hand nicotine and urinary cotinine with children's exposure to tobacco smoke and clinical outcomes.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Thirdhand cigarette smoke leads to age-dependent and persistent alterations in the cecal microbiome of mice.MicrobiologyOpen · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Thirdhand smoke (THS), the residual tobacco smoke remaining in the environment after tobacco has been smoked, represents a hidden and underestimated public health hazard. Evidence supports its widespread presence in indoor environments. Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), a precursor of THS, has been well documented as a risk factor for human cancers, especially lung cancer. However, the concept of THS as a distinct entity that poses health risks for small children has developed only recently and the associations of THS with cancer risk and other chronic diseases are poorly understood due to limited numbers of studies to date. In this perspective, we mainly summarize all published studies on the genotoxicity and carcinogenic potential of THS exposure. These studies begin to fill the knowledge gap in our understanding of cancer risk of THS. Accumulating data from existing and future studies will help reduce the tobacco-related cancer incidence through changes in lifestyle and tobacco control policies.
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