The exposure of second -hand cigarettes in multi -unit houses makes millions of people face risks
In the United States and Canada, second -hand smoke penetration in multi -unit houses is still a serious but often ignored public health threat. This problem affects nearly half of the residents in such environments, causing millions of non -smokers to face health hazards, although many people have implemented smoke -free policies in their homes. According to the federal health authorities, second -hand smoke penetration is seriously risky for children and adults, but no state prohibits smoking in private housing in private. Only a few cities (only a small part of thousands of cities) have promulgated local laws, stipulating a smoke -free environment in private units. This urgent public health challenge has caused people to intervene in policy to protect residents from being exempted from the impact of harmful air toxins from neighboring units.
This comprehensive study was conducted by the physicist James Repace, a physicist of Repace Associates, Inc., and published in the “Indoor Environment” magazine, emphasizing the health influence of non -smoking residents in various apartments in the United States and Canada. penetration. The results of the study illustrate the extensive health problems caused by second -hand smoke, including symptoms such as eyes, nose and throat irritation, dizziness, dyspnea, and asthma. Physicist Rays commented: “Many of these residents have severe symptoms and need to be hospitalized or even hospitalized.” These discoveries emphasized the ineffectiveness of sealing gaps, air cleaning and increased ventilation in eliminating smoke penetration.
The investigation of a physicist Rays has spanned for nearly two decades and used a passive Nigerine monitor to measure the degree of second -hand smoke penetration of the affected family. No smokers face Nicotine concentration among their units. Although it looks low, it will cause severe toxic substances to be exposed for a long time. The toxic ingredients in second -hand smoke include a variety of harmful chemicals, which will have a cumulative impact on health. For example, over time, people find that nicotine will accumulate unpredictable on the surface, and the accumulation method often surprises residents. These insights are consistent with the classification of the American Air Quality Index. Among them, the level of second -hand smoke in the smokers’ apartments is transformed into very unhealthy or even dangerous conditions, emphasizing that more effective measures need to be taken to protect non -smoke in multi -unit housing.
The study further discovered that although remedial measures such as sealed opening, using air filters, and relying on ventilation systems were adopted, the health of residents was still adversely affected. This is mainly due to the porous properties of architectural materials. Driven by the poor pressure, wind pressure, and “chimney effect” between units, smoke can spread through tiny openings, and the colder air penetrates to a lower level. The temperature rises and rises, and then it is lifted on the upper level. Physicist Rays observed that “most of the construction managers and owners do not know the degree of smoke penetration, so that those who do not smoke can not be protected.” Only a few cases have achieved satisfactory results.
What matters worse is that the legalization of marijuana in some regions recently caused people’s concerns about marijuana smoke penetration, which seems to have a similar impact on non -smokers. Some people in this study reported the problem of marijuana smoke, confirmed through tetrahydrocarboline residue tests, and experienced similar symptoms caused by tobacco smoke. As the research results of physicist Rays, this increasing trend increased the urgency of formulating a comprehensive smoke -free policy to protect the health of residents who did not smoke.
This study eventually emphasized the profound and serious consequences caused by second -hand smoke in multi -unit housing, indicating that without a powerful smokeless policy, residents who do not smoke can easily continue and unconsciously contact harmful air pollutants. The work proposition of physicist Rays, architectural managers and owners should receive better education and actively implement smoke -free policies to ensure the health and safety of all residents. Prior to this, the study emphasized that policy makers and public health advocates need to recognize and solve the urgent needs of legal measures to prevent voluntary second -hand smoke exposure in multi -unit housing.
Journal reference
Repace, JL, “second -hand smoke in multi -unit houses: health impact and nicotine level.” Indoor environment, 2024.
About the author
James Rays It is a second -hand smoke consultant and a retired US Environmental Protection Agency senior air policy analyst and scientist. He published more than 100 scientific papers and research reports, 89 of which were about second -hand smoke. His research and policies have worked hard to promote the smoking ban in the United States and foreign workplaces.
He has won the Medal and Awards of the American Public Health Association, the Institute of Airlines, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the International Society of Science. He was a guest assistant. Clinical professor at the School of Medicine, Tavz University, consultant at the Department of Civil and Legal of Stanford University
Environmental engineering.
He has served as an expert witness to more than 5 second -hand cigarette legal cases. He has received many broadcasts, television and newspapers across the world. Earlier, he had served as a research physicist at the US Navy Research Lab, a researcher at the RCA David Laboratory, and a healthy physicist in two hospitals in New York.
He published his memoir “The First Enemies and launched a war to second -hand cigarettes”, which can be purchased on the Amazon website in the form of e -books and flats. His latest thesis is “Second -hand smoke in multi -unit housing, health influence, and nicotine level”, published in
Indoor Environment Magazine 1: 2024.100013.
The author of Amazon’s book “The First Enemies, Promotion of the Second -hand Smoke” author
