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So today's silly query - these guys are always smoking in the building lobby which the management allows don't say call the cops, the health inspector, osha whatever - done it - useless
I can actually smell the cigerette where I work - now the windows and doors are closed but I guess the smell or maybe the smoke makes it way because I can tell you exactly when someone goes to lite up and how long they are smoking for
Guy tells me don't worry - you're not exposed to the 2nd hand cigarette smoke - you only can smell the smell but you're not breathing in the smoke - the SMOKE is not reaching you - only the smell.
Well it doesn't actually FEEL or LOOK smoky - I'm wondering
Can you actually just be exposed to the SMELL of cigerette smoke - as unpleasant as that is - without actually being exposed to the toxic SMOKE itself
And how would you know if its smell or residual smoke - before you know - the lung cancer
There is such a thing as third-hand, fourth probably too. Other hand, first-hand stress can be worse than lots of other hands. So, don't worry, be happy, and "kill" two birds with one stone.
Basically, further studies have shown that *in general* the risk of lung cancer from second hand smoke is pretty miniscule.
For food servers / bar tenders who may have been exposed to second hand smoke 8+ hours a day in a confined space, sure maybe they did have some increased risk.
But for a non smoker who just happens to occaisionally be in the presence of a smoker; there's really no issue.
That said - if it's a work / employment issue - I suppose you could always complain to your manager about your working environment (like people with strong reactions to perfumes do). There's just no gurantee they'll do anything.
Again? Why do people think that the residual smell is going to harm them? People who smoke smell of it. Their hair, clothing, belongings and homes smell. That's not going to kill you. Walking past someone standing at the curb smoking isn't going to kill you. Being in LA during an alert isn't going to kill you.
My wife and I were heavy smokers for decades. What we did not realize, at the time we smoked, was how bad we smelled! People tend to make excuses for their bad habits. When non-smokers complained or backed away; we wrote it off as people with sensitive noses. It was not until we gave up smoking that we actually realized how bad we did smell and how bad our smoking friends smelled. We even changed friends because we could not stand to be in a car with some of our old, smoking, friends and they did not want to spend hours not smoking trapped with the non-smokers.
If there was some way to let heavy smokers experience their true smell; perhaps more would willingly give up. One of our old 'close' friends took pride in her appearance, but if she would converse with you in your personal space; it was like you were opening a very used casket - unless you were also a heavy smoker!
So today's silly query - these guys are always smoking in the building lobby which the management allows don't say call the cops, the health inspector, osha whatever - done it - useless
I can actually smell the cigerette where I work - now the windows and doors are closed but I guess the smell or maybe the smoke makes it way because I can tell you exactly when someone goes to lite up and how long they are smoking for
Guy tells me don't worry - you're not exposed to the 2nd hand cigarette smoke - you only can smell the smell but you're not breathing in the smoke - the SMOKE is not reaching you - only the smell.
Well it doesn't actually FEEL or LOOK smoky - I'm wondering
Can you actually just be exposed to the SMELL of cigerette smoke - as unpleasant as that is - without actually being exposed to the toxic SMOKE itself
And how would you know if its smell or residual smoke - before you know - the lung cancer
Basically, further studies have shown that *in general* the risk of lung cancer from second hand smoke is pretty miniscule.
For food servers / bar tenders who may have been exposed to second hand smoke 8+ hours a day in a confined space, sure maybe they did have some increased risk.+
Lung cancer from 2nd hand smoke miniscule, I agree!
My nonsmoking mother was with my smoking father for 60+ years of marriage, he smoked a good many of those years, 3 packs a day, in an 800 foot house in MN, with the windows just open a crack in winter time, and at age 86, she never once had any respiratory problems as a result of it.
I currently have a patient on my ward, in a LTC/Rehab facility, with COPD, lived in L.A. most of her life, and she smoked. Now, living in L.A., during the smog pit days of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's, breathing in that air was the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and with her smoking 1 pack a day, during those days, 1 + 2 = 3 packs a day!
The nose is an interesting part of the body, one of the more adjustable organs of the body. People wonder how can homeless people deal with all the smells they encounter living with other smelly homeless people, quite simply, it was gradual process, to where they had "lost their smell".
Growing up in a smoking household, I can't ever remember complaining about the smell of smoking, or going to visit a neighbor, where they all smoked in their house.
^^Friend of a friend lost his sense of smell, car accident, head injury, when he was in his 20s. He probably lost a lot of weight.
My sense of smell has noticeably diminished over the years for various reasons. My parents smoked, and I grew up with the stench, and didn't notice it. A lot of people smoked then. They could smoke in offices, movie theaters, and restaurants. It wasn't "a thing" decades ago.
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don't say call the cops, the health inspector, osha whatever - done it - useless
