Today a US study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) said that third-hand smoke -- tobacco residue clinging to surfaces -- is also bad for you.
Thus when a cigarette burns, this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid and forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs. The nicotine is released in the form of a vapor which adheres to indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes, furniture and clothing and can linger for months. The nicotine residues will stick to a smoker’s skin as well.
Third-hand smoke can be particularly dangerous and the biggest risk to infants and toddlers.
The study also said that opening a window or turning on a fan to air out a room while a cigarette burns does not eliminate the hazard of third-hand smoke. Smoking outdoors doesn't help much either.
Quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do for your health and for your children’s health!
Be here for yourself – be here for your children!
Remember, it is never too late to stop smoking. If you live in New York City and need help or want to find a local quit smoking program, call 311.
If you think you can’t do it alone and need medication click here. It's important to discuss this with your doctor.
If you would like reading materials click here for New York City’s Quitline
The following is a list QUIT SMOKING CLINICS IN MANHATTAN
Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue at 27th Street
Ambulatory Care Building 4th Floor, Module 4B
New York, NY 10016
(212) 562-4748 Fax (212) 562-6056
Beth Israel Hospital
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center
10 Union Square East, 4th Floor
Suite 4A-18
New York, NY 10003
(212) 420-4247
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine –Tobacco Cessation Clinic
622 West 168th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
(212) 851-5599
Free Forever
129 East 39th Street, #2C
New York, NY 10016
(212) 447-0199 or (646) 221-2843
Gouverneur Hospital
227 Madison Street, Room 492
New York, NY 10002
(212) 238-7471
Harlem Hospital
506 Lenox Avenue
Ronald Brown Pavilion, 3rd Floor, Room 3090
New York, NY 10037
(212) 939-8467 or (212) 939-8222
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-7310 Ext. 295
Memorial Sloan?Kettering Cancer Center
641 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 610-0507
Metropolitan Hospital
1901 First Avenue at East 97th Street
8 South, 8M50
New York, NY 10029
(212) 423-7211 or (212)-423-6662
NYU Medical Center
530 First Avenue, HCC Building, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 263-6129
Quitsmoke
New York Health & Racquet Club
115 East 57th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 220-0773
Roosevelt Hospital
1000 10th Avenue at 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 523-6056
St. Luke’s Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue at 114th Street
New York, NY 10025
(212) 523-4410 or (212) 523-4490 or (212) 523-5471
St. Vincent’s Hospital Community Health Resources
170 West 12th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
(212) 604-2199
If you quit smoking, you not only increase your chances of good health, but you will fell better overall and will be sending a positive message to your children that smoking is not a cool thing to do. And -- your smoking won't affect the health of others!
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