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Home and i am beggining to worry about the passive smoking thing?
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Passive smoking: Occurs when you don't smoke, but are enveloped by the highly acrid, toxic, side-stream smoke burning off the cigarette, the smoker inhales smoke filtered through the cigarette and its filter, you get it straight and undiluted! your health is at risk in a smoked environment.
Answered 3/26/2013
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