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Webinar on June 23: Thirdhand Cigarette Smoke: A Persistent Environmental Contaminant!

Friday, June 17, 2016  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is hosting its next free webinar, “Thirdhand Cigarette Smoke: A Persistent Environmental Contaminant” on Thursday, June 23, 2016, at 2:00 pm EDT (90 minutes).
Suzaynn Schick, PhD, Assistant Professor, in the School of Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco, will be presenting on this topic.
 
Webinar Objectives

  • Explain what thirdhand cigarette smoke is
  • Describe the exposure routes and potential health effects of thirdhand smoke
  • Identify basic smoke chemistry and how data from cigarette smoke can apply to marijuana smoke
  • Explain how environmental pollutants generated by cigarettes and e-cigarettes compare.
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