In recent years, the number of passive smoking caused by heat-not-burn tobacco has increased rapidly, and about 10% of the general public is exposed every day, followed by Yudai Tamada, a special research student at the Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, and Associate Professor Toki Takeuchi. The investigation revealed.It is the first time in the world to investigate the situation of passive smoking of heat-not-burn tobacco.
According to Tohoku University, a research team led by Associate Professor Takeuchi and others followed up about 20 men and women between the ages of 69 and 5,000 from 2017 to 2020 to investigate the difference in exposure risk between passive smoking status of heat-not-burn tobacco and educational history. ..
As a result, 2017% of people were exposed to second-hand smoke of heat-not-burn tobacco every day in 4.5, but with the rapid spread of heat-not-burn tobacco, 2018% in 8.0, 2019% in 9.2, and 2020. It turned out that it increased sharply to 10.8%.In addition, junior high school and high school graduates were about 60% more at risk of exposure to second-hand smoke for heat-not-burn tobacco than university and graduate graduates.
Heat-not-burn tobacco is a mechanism that heats tobacco leaves to produce steam.Although there is no sidestream smoke, it has been reported to cause sore throat and sickness in second-hand smoke.The research team believes that passive smoking of heat-not-burn tobacco is rapidly increasing and is becoming a new social problem.For this reason, it is necessary to use the research results in formulating measures to prevent passive smoking of heat-not-burn tobacco.
Paper information:[Nicotine & Tobacco Research] Second hand Aerosol Exposure From Heated Tobacco Products and Its Socioeconomic Inequalities in Japan: The JASTIS Study 2017–2020
