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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSIVE SMOKING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSIVE SMOKING

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Passive smoking is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PASSIVE SMOKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

passive smoking

Passive smoking

Passive smoking is the inhalation of smoke, called second-hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke, by persons other than the intended "active" smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke permeates any environment, causing its inhalation by people within that environment. Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke causes disease, disability, and death. The health risks of second-hand smoke are a matter of scientific consensus. These risks have been a major motivation for smoke-free laws in workplaces and indoor public places, including restaurants, bars and night clubs, as well as some open public spaces. Concerns around second-hand smoke have played a central role in the debate over the harms and regulation of tobacco products. Since the early 1970s, the tobacco industry has viewed public concern over second-hand smoke as a serious threat to its business interests. Harm to bystanders was perceived as a motivator for stricter regulation of tobacco products. Despite the industry's awareness of the harms of second-hand smoke as early as the 1980s, the tobacco industry coordinated a scientific controversy with the aim of forestalling regulation of their products.:1242...

Definition of passive smoking in the English dictionary

The definition of passive smoking in the dictionary is the inhalation of smoke from other people's cigarettes by a nonsmoker.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSIVE SMOKING

passions
Passiontide
passivate
passivation
passive
passive balance of trade
passive disobedience
passive euthanasia
passive obedience
passive resistance
passive restraint
passive safety
passive smoker
passive vocabulary
passive-aggressive
passively
passiveness
passivism
passivist
passivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSIVE SMOKING

anti-smoking
antismoking
backward-looking
banking
booking
broking
choking
cooking
forward-looking
good-looking
home cooking
inward-looking
joking
nice-looking
onlooking
overbooking
provoking
smoking
thought-provoking
Woking
young-looking

Synonyms and antonyms of passive smoking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «passive smoking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSIVE SMOKING

Find out the translation of passive smoking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passive smoking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passive smoking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

二手烟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tabaquismo pasivo
570 millions of speakers

English

passive smoking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय धूम्रपान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التدخين السلبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассивное курение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tabagismo passivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাসিভ স্মোকিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le tabagisme passif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merokok pasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Passivrauchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間接喫煙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간접 흡연
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rokok pasif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hút thuốc thụ động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முனைவற்ற புகைபிடித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रीय स्मोकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pasif içicilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fumo passivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bierne palenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пасивне куріння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fumatul pasiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παθητικό κάπνισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passiewe rook
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passiv rökning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passiv røyking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passive smoking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKING»

The term «passive smoking» is regularly used and occupies the 60.338 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passive smoking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSIVE SMOKING»

Discover the use of passive smoking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passive smoking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer & ...
Includes an analysis of respiratory effects, primarily lung cancer in non-smoking adults and non-cancer respiratory illness in children, with emphasis on epidemiological data.
Steven P. Bayard, Jennifer Jinot, 1993
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Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer ...
Consequently, the "apparent association" between passive smoking and peripheral adenocarcinoma (and not central tumors) may well be due to chance alone. There is suggestive evidence in the data that passive smoking may be associated ...
‎1992
3
Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health
Authorities are concerned that this trend may forecast a new worldwide tobacco epidemic. Passive Smoking Many nonsmokers find the smoke of others to be a nuisance and even irritating to their eyes and nose. This annoying exposure still  ...
Linda Brannon, Jess Feist, John Updegraff, 2013
4
Passive Smoking
The goal of this volume is to provide standardized, up-to-date methods for measuring exposure in air and biological samples, for epidemiological and regulatory purposes.
Ian K. O'Neill, 1987
5
Passive smoking in the workplace : selected issues : staff paper
This Staff Paper responds to a request for information about the health effects of passive smoking, the types of policies that are in force in the public and private sectors to control workplace smoking, request for this study came from Senator Ted ...
United States, Congress, Health Program
6
Tobacco Control Policy Analysis in China: Economics and Health
The total DALYs lost from these two diseases due to passive smoking combined were 19 percent of the total DALYs lost due to active smoking. Among males, the mortality caused by active smoking far exceeded that caused by passive ...
Teh-Wei Hu, 2008
7
Smoking Cessation Matters in Primary Care
other harmful products than mainstream smoke, as the latter passes through the filter. The majority of ambient smoke around a smoker is sidestream smoke, and it is primarily this to which non-smokers are exposed during passive smoking.
‎2002
8
The Role of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Asthma Induction ...
(1993) published a review entitled "Is passive smoking a cause of asthma in children?" Although the authors noted the distinction between studies of asthma induction and studies of asthma exacerbation, the studies cited to support the ...
Peter N. Lee, Barbara Forey, 2007
9
Tobacco or Health?: Physiological and Social Damages Caused ...
5.6 Passive smoking and childhood bronchial asthma. The figure illustrates asthma severity, the extent of reduced pulmonary function and the increased bronchial responsiveness to histamine. Study conducted in 94 children aged between 7 ...
Knut-Olaf Haustein, David Groneberg, 2009
10
Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects:: ...
Given those findings, the high prevalence of secondhand smoke in the U.S. general population has important implications for public health. REFERENCES Bailar, J. C., 3rd. 1999. Passive smoking, coronary heart disease, and meta- analysis.
Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSIVE SMOKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passive smoking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Smokers should light up at home
... the smoker but can harm those nearby, not just by the disgusting smell, but through the health effects of secondary or passive smoking. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
'Alcohol may deter smokers' heart attacks'
However, even those exposed to passive smoking have an increased risk. The risk is stronger in a home setting, where even periods of less ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
3
Service helps nurse kick the habit
Passive smoking is calculated to cause: one in 25 of all lung cancers, nearly one in 10 of all deaths due to strokes, one in 20 of all deaths due ... «Brechin Advertiser, Jul 15»
4
Two cheap generic drugs can cut breast cancer deaths
However, when the research team inspected if passive smoking among women whose husbands were former or current smokers, did any harm ... «Dispatch Times, Jul 15»
5
How bad are e-cigarettes for your health?
E-cigarettes don't produce tobacco smoke so the risks of passive smoking associated with conventional cigarettes do not apply to e-cigarettes. «GQ.com, Jul 15»
6
Scottish independence is not inevitable
from “passive smoking” that, step by step, smokers were driven back into a ghetto, and not even the PR machines of the tobacco companies ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Coronation Street's Samia Ghadie Helps Launch Campaign To Stop …
... aims to highlight the dangers of smoking when pregnant and raise awareness of the risks of passive smoking from other family members. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
8
Prison smoking ban could cause 'stability issues'
The move follows a series of legal challenges by prison officers and inmates who have complained about the effects of passive smoking. «BBC News, Jul 15»
9
Brighton Council: what have you been smoking?
After listing some of the diseases where risk is increased from passive smoking (and some of the risk increases are so small that they must be ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
10
VIDEO: Corrie star Samia launches campaign to encourage …
The campaign, Mind The Bump, highlights the dangers of smoking when pregnant and also raises awareness of the risks of passive smoking ... «Rotherham Advertiser, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Passive smoking [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/passive-smoking>. Apr 2024 ».
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