Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products, was published online Monday in The Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics
Volkow and her colleagues reviewed the literature on pathophysiological processes that may hasten aging and are particularly relevant to smoking, second hand smoke, drug use, and addictions.6 They focused on oxidative stress and cellular aging, inflammation in periphery and brain, decline in brain volume and function, and early onset of cardiac, cerebrovascular, kidney, and liver disease
It can consist of dust, pollen, and pollutants from construction sites or wildfires
One study showed that even when smokers' homes were cleaned and prepared for sale, third-hand smoke was still present in the dust and on surfaces in the household several months after someone last smoked in the home
There is really no way for us to know with certainty