Secondhand Smoke
Current as of: September 26, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Michael F. Bierer, MD - Internal Medicine
Secondhand smoke is tobacco smoke that affects a nonsmoker. Secondhand smoke can come directly from a cigarette or other lit tobacco; it may also be exhaled by a person smoking. Secondhand smoke is sometimes referred to as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), involuntary smoking, or passive smoking. Secondhand smoke…