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Smoking bans<\/a> may have cleared the perennial fog\u00a0hanging above the slot machines at your local casino, but a new study by San Diego State University (SDSU) suggests that lung-torturing \u201cthird-hand smoke\u201d lingers for months after the bans come into force, and those industrial-strength air ventilation systems don\u2019t appear to make much difference, either.<\/p>\n

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A study by researchers at San Diego State University reveals that third-hand smoke hangs around long after casino smoking bans come into force. (Image: Jim Lee\/Sioux City Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What’s third-hand smoke? It’s the toxic build-up of residue that gathers in dust particles on walls, carpets, and furniture in areas that have endured decades of tobacco smoke onslaughts. And it contains a potent lung carcinogen known as NNK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Casinos<\/a> are almost unique in the modern age in that they are one of the few remaining environments where a huge amount of smoking still occurs, sometimes for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and for decades on end.<\/p>\n

If Walls Could Talk<\/h2>\n

\u201cOver years … , layers of smoke residue stick to surfaces and penetrate deep into materials,\u201d said lead study author Georg Matt.<\/p>\n

“If you work at a casino that allows smoking or are a guest, you already know you inhale second-hand smoke every time you breathe. [But] because the tobacco smoke residue remains long after a smoking ban, you will continue to get exposed [to third-hand smoke] even after the second-hand smoke has disappeared.”<\/p>\n

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Casinos are perfect environments in which to study the phenomenon. So when the Win-River casino in Redding, California announced a smoking ban in 2014, researchers at SDSU jumped at the opportunity to analyze the half-life of third-hand smoke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Academics took samples from eight areas inside the casino before the ban was set in motion, and then again on six occasions after the ban had been instituted. They also examined fingers and urine of participating non-smokers who visited the casino, comparing the samples with those of non-smokers who had just moved into homes which had also been inundated with years of tobacco smoke.<\/p>\n

Hanging Around<\/h2>\n

While the study found that air quality immediately improved after the smoking ban went into effect, third-hand smoke remained at high levels — much higher, in fact, than in the former smoking homes — which suggests that powerful casino air ventilation systems did not have much effect in removing toxins.<\/p>\n

Matt believes that only by intensive surface cleaning, and possibly even replacing walls, can casinos truly make their environment significantly safer for guests.<\/p>\n

Uronically, researchers were not able to continue their work beyond 11 months time. At that point, the casino reluctantly rescinded its smoking ban following a deluge of customer complaints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smoking bans may have cleared the perennial fog\u00a0hanging above the slot machines at your local casino, but a new study by San Diego State University (SDSU) suggests that lung-torturing \u201cthird-hand smoke\u201d lingers for months after the bans come into force, and those industrial-strength air ventilation systems don\u2019t appear to make much difference, either. 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