Acuff Lisa, Fristoe Kasey, Hamblen Jacob, Smith Michelle, Chen Jiangang
Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee, 390 HPER Building, 1914 Andy Holt Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
Social Work Office of Research and Public Service, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
J Community Health. 2016 Jun;41(3):680-7. doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0114-1.
While the effects of active smoking and second-hand smoke (SHS) are well documented, the concept of third-hand smoke (THS) is a relatively new phenomenon in the environmental and public health field. This notion was coined in 2009 (Winickoff et al. in Pediatrics 123(1):e74-e79, 2009) but was not really brought to light until the New York Times published an article on the topic (Rabin in A new cigarette hazard: 'third-hand smoke'. The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/health/research/03smoke.html?_r=0 , 2009). Research on THS is fairly new and currently only limited animal studies have been performed that explore the health impacts associated with an individual THS-specific component. The public at large has a limited understanding of this new concept. As such, attitudes and beliefs surrounding THS exposure are still immature. Future research must be conducted to facilitate hazard identification, exposure and risk assessment to address its health impact on susceptible populations and to differentiate THS versus active smoking and SHS. In addition, policies and laws concerning tobacco smoke will need to be reviewed, possibly revised with the role of THS considered as an indispensable component of a broader tobacco control strategy.
虽然主动吸烟和二手烟（SHS）的影响已有充分记录，但三手烟（THS）的概念在环境与公共卫生领域还是一个相对较新的现象。这一概念于2009年提出（Winickoff等人，发表于《儿科学》2009年第123卷第1期，第e74 - e79页），但直到《纽约时报》发表了一篇关于该主题的文章（Rabin，《一种新的香烟危害：“三手烟”》，《纽约时报》，http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/health/research/03smoke.html?_r=0 ，2009年）才真正受到关注。关于三手烟的研究相当新，目前仅进行了有限的动物研究，探讨与三手烟特定单一成分相关的健康影响。广大公众对这一新概念的了解有限。因此，围绕三手烟暴露的态度和观念仍不成熟。必须开展未来研究，以促进危害识别、暴露和风险评估，从而解决其对易感人群的健康影响，并区分三手烟与主动吸烟和二手烟。此外，有关烟草烟雾的政策和法律需要重新审视，可能要进行修订，将三手烟的影响作为更广泛烟草控制战略中不可或缺的一部分加以考虑。
