Hygiena 2016, 61(1):19-23 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1399

Smoking as a Source of Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter

Drahoslava Hrubá, Aleš Peřina
Masarykova univerzita, Lékařská fakulta, Ústav ochrany a podpory zdraví, Brno

Public interest about exposure to inhalable particular matters is obviously concerned especially about the contamination of ambient air, and/or about occupational exposure at work places under risk. It has been confirmed by a number of epidemiological, experimental and clinical studies that inhalable dust (PM10), especially fine (PM2.5) and ultrafine (PM1.0) particulate matter can be an independent cause of many non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic) and also disturbances of fetal development. It has been well documented that burning and heating of tobacco products are the important source of both active and passive smokers' exposure to thousands of hazardous chemicals, including fine and ultrafine dust particles. It is necessary to accept strong control of all forms of tobacco products, keeping the legislative limits of smoking in public places and to organize wide informative campaigns aimed on voluntary decisions of smokers not to smoke in their homes and cars, where there are children. The study offers a brief overview about similarities and differences between convention cigarettes, water pipes and e-cigarettes as sources of dangerous dust for active and passive smokers.

Keywords: smoking, particulate matter (PM), airborne pollution

Received: May 2015; Accepted: October 15, 2015; Published: March 1, 2016  Show citation

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Hrubá D, Peřina A. Smoking as a Source of Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter. Hygiena. 2016;61(1):19-23. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a1399.
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