Authors
Arifa Beegom A1
1Periodontics, Noor-ul Islam College of Dental Sciences, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Abstract
Objective: Defining association and perceived risks of Passive Smoking with oral cancer occurrence, the same being considered
a risk factor of many cancer occurrences with its public health impacts.
The smoke exhaled and emitted by the tip of a burning cigarette is called second hand tobacco smoke (SHS) / environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS) and the inhalation of this smoke is known as passive smoking. It is the inhalation of smoke from tobacco
products used by others, from the side-stream and exhaled mainstream smoke, by persons other than the “active” smoker. It has
been considered as a risk factor of many cancers
Concerns around second-hand smoke have played a central role in the debate over the harms and regulation of tobacco products,
especially to children and women in pregnancy
Keywords: Second hand smoke, Third hand smoke, Tobacco industry, Epidemiology, Blue Ribbon campaign