The inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke; also called involuntary smoking.
Exposure to tobacco smoke, or the chemicals in tobacco smoke, without actually smoking. It usually refers to a situation where a nonsmoker inhales smoke emitted into the environment by other people smoking. This smoke is known as “environmental tobacco smoke” (ETS).
Where non smokers inhale other people's smoke.
The inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS.
Means breathing in other people's cigarette, pipe or cigar smoke when you don't smoke yourself. Passive smoking can cause lung cancer in people who don't smoke. Often affects people who work in very smoky atmospheres such as pubs and clubs. But they are still much less likely to get lung cancer than people who do smoke.
Inhaling the smoke of other people smoking
Inhalation of sidestream smoke by people who do not smoke themselves. See RT sidestream smoke.
Exposure to secondhand smoke.
