Policy-relevant differences between secondhand and thirdhand smoke: strengthening protections from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke pollutants.

Autor:	Matt GE; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA gmatt@sdsu.edu., Greiner L; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Record RA; School of Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Wipfli H; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Long J; Public Health Law Center, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA., Dodder NG; School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Hoh E; School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Lopez Galvez N; School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Novotny TE; School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Quintana PJE; School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA., Destaillats H; Indoor Environment Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Tang X; Indoor Environment Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Snijders AM; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Mao JH; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Hang B; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Schick S; School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA., Jacob P; School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA., Talbot P; Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA., Mahabee-Gittens EM; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Merianos AL; School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Northrup TF; Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA., Gundel L; Indoor Environment Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Benowitz NL; School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tobacco control [Tob Control] 2024 Oct 19; Vol. 33 (6), pp. 798-806. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 19.
DOI:	10.1136/tc-2023-057971
Abstrakt:	Starting in the 1970s, individuals, businesses and the public have increasingly benefited from policies prohibiting smoking indoors, saving thousands of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare expenditures. Smokefree policies to protect against secondhand smoke exposure, however, do not fully protect the public from the persistent and toxic chemical residues from tobacco smoke (also known as thirdhand smoke) that linger in indoor environments for years after smoking stops. Nor do these policies address the economic costs that individuals, businesses and the public bear in their attempts to remediate this toxic residue. We discuss policy-relevant differences between secondhand smoke and thirdhand smoke exposure: persistent pollutant reservoirs, pollutant transport, routes of exposure, the time gap between initial cause and effect, and remediation and disposal. We examine four policy considerations to better protect the public from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke pollutants from all sources. We call for (a) redefining smokefree as free of tobacco smoke pollutants from secondhand and thirdhand smoke; (b) eliminating exemptions to comprehensive smoking bans; (c) identifying indoor environments with significant thirdhand smoke reservoirs; and (d) remediating thirdhand smoke. We use the case of California as an example of how secondhand smoke-protective laws may be strengthened to encompass thirdhand smoke protections. The health risks and economic costs of thirdhand smoke require that smokefree policies, environmental protections, real estate and rental disclosure policies, tenant protections, and consumer protection laws be strengthened to ensure that the public is fully protected from and informed about the risks of thirdhand smoke exposure. Competing Interests: Competing interests: GEM has served as an expert witness in litigations for plaintiffs exposed to thirdhand smoke. NB has been a consultant to companies that market or are developing smoking cessation medications and has been an expert witness in litigation against tobacco companies. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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