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By Terry Martin, About.com Guide to Smoking Cessation since 2003

What is Third-Hand Smoke?

Thursday January 8, 2009
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have coined a new term that describes yet another set of dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in the January, 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics discuss how this new health hazard, third-hand smoke, is especially dangerous for children.

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