Smoke
This chemical is found throughout most tobacco and e-cigarette products.
What is nicotine?
The burning and smoldering of tobacco plant materials make up this kind of smoke
What is secondhand smoke?
This is the toxic residue that sticks to surfaces and dust after smoking stops.
What is thirdhand smoke?
This county has higher rates of smoking than some other counties in CA
What is Imperial County?
Secondhand smoke contains this many number of chemicals
What is 6000+ chemicals?
Thirdhand smoke can invade our bodies through these methods
What is swallowing, breathing, and touching?
This state has one of the lowest smoking rates in the US.
What is California?
Secondhand smoke stays in the air for up to this many hours
What is three hours?
These groups are at the most risk of exposure to thirdhand smoke because they commonly put things in their mouth
Who are babies and young children?
Even when outside, this byproduct can travel from drifts into buildings through windows, doors, and ventilation systems.
What is cigarette smoke?
This type of smoke comes from the smoldering of a cigarette, and is the most toxic
What is sidestream smoke?
These communities are disproportionately affected by thirdhand smoke
What are low income, and minority communities--racial, ethnic, and sexual?
This percentage of adults in Imperial Valley smoke
What is 13%?
The ingredients of this product include water, flavoring, nicotine, and other chemicals
What is e-cigarette vapor?
Thirdhand smoke chemicals can damage to the body in these ways (name at least 3)
What are cancer, DNA damage, cell damage, asthma, earaches, headaches, respiratory disease, reduced ability to heal from injuries, lower ability to fight infection, increased risk of disease?