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"Sorry smokers! I have no love for your cigs. Yes, it&amp;#39;s your prerogative to light up. But here&amp;#39;s the deal: There&amp;#39;s the business of all of your second-hand smoke, and now, say researchers, the very harmful effects of something called &amp;quot;third-hand&amp;quot; smoke that is causing health experts to worry ...\nPinterestFacebookThe case against cigarettes isn&amp;#39;t good. Just in case you needed one more reason to kick the habit (other than the cancer risk, of course, and a million other health concerns), new research seems to indicate that something called &amp;quot;third-hand smoke&amp;quot;--nicotine residue found on surfaces--could, itself, cause cancer.\nAccording to the study, these nicotine residues can linger on surfaces and &amp;quot;react&amp;quot; with another chemical in the air to form &amp;quot;potent carcinogens,&amp;quot; which have been linked to various forms of cancer and may be particularly bad for babies and toddlers.\n&amp;quot;The burning of tobacco releases nicotine in the form of a vapor that adsorbs strongly onto indoor surfaces, such as walls, floors, carpeting, drapes and furniture. Nicotine can persist on those materials for days, weeks and even months,&amp;quot; said Hugo Destaillats, a chemist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in San Francisco, and one of the authors of the study.\nAs a refresher:\nFirst-hand smoke: You inhale it from a cigarette.\nSecond-hand smoke: You inhale what a smoker exhales (gross).\nThird-hand smoke: Residue from second-hand smoke (also gross).\nDo you smoke? Know a loved one who does?\nMore reading:\nHuh--the so-called &amp;quot;healthy&amp;quot; cigarettes ...\nThe unbelievably scary thing that just one cigarette can do to you ...\nHealth contradiction: She smokes a pack a day, but eats an all-organic diet ...\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. \nFollow us on Twitter!\nSign Up for Body By Glamour!\nPhoto: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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