Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Preferred Label : Environmental Tobacco Smoke;

NCIt synonyms : Second Hand Smoke;

NCIt related terms : ETS; secondhand smoke;

NCIt definition : Smoke that is emitted from burning tobacco, including cigarette, pipe and cigar, and from tobacco smoke exhaled by smokers. Environmental tobacco smoke consists of a huge variety of chemicals that are produced during the burning of tobacco. Among them are known or suspected toxicants, carcinogens and respiratory irritants, including nicotine, ammonia, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, acrolein, hydrogen cyanide, phenol, nitrogen oxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, N-Nitrosamines and radionuclides. Environmental tobacco smoke has numerous adverse health effects, is mutagenic and is a known human carcinogen that is associated with an increased risk of developing lung cancer. (NCI05);

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Smoke that comes from the burning of a tobacco product and smoke that is exhaled by smokers. Inhaling secondhand smoke is called involuntary or passive smoking.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000538647; CDR0000044396; CDR0000046431;

Details

Origin ID

C2434;

UMLS CUI

C0813971;

Semantic type(s)
- Hazardous or Poisonous Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- secondhand smoke [MedlinePlus Topic]
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- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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