It is true that with most traditional recirculating air distribution systems, installation of an HVAC smoke detector is required. … Cambridge Air Solutions systems, including make-up air units, ventilation systems and industrial heaters use only 100-percent outdoor air to heat and ventilate. Are duct detectors required at fire smoke dampers?Read More →

Studies show that former and current smokers are about three times more likely to have a voice disorder than people who never smoke. Smoking can also raise your risk of developing a small, noncancerous growth called a polyp on your vocal cords. It can cause your voice to become low,Read More →

If you want to reduce the pollution inside your home caused by cigarette smoke, installing a HEPA filter in your air conditioning unit should do the trick. A type of mechanical air filter, a HEPA filter works by forcing air through a fine mesh that traps pollen, dust mites, petRead More →

Meinrat Andreae of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, and colleagues report that a surfeit of smoke particles can delay rainfall, because small droplets form instead of fewer, larger ones. These small droplets don’t fall as rain but rise higher up in the atmosphere, releasing energy asRead More →

A smoke control area is a legally defined area where only approved solid fuels or exempted appliances (eg wood burning stoves) can be used within buildings. … What appliance can I use? Defra Exempted Stoves. These include wood-burning and multi-fuel stoves. Can I have a bonfire in a smoke freeRead More →

Many of you may already know a few simple precautions that can be taken to prevent dry socket, such as avoiding the use of a straw and refraining from smoking for at least 48 hours after an extraction. Smoking limits blood supply at the extraction site, negatively affects the clot,Read More →

US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been reported to smoke at twice the rate of other Americans. … With smoking now prohibited in basic training, being caught smoking, and perhaps even being caught in the possession of cigarettes, is such an offense which smokers are obviously at risk forRead More →

“Any repetitive motion that calls on the same muscle group will cause those muscles to hypertrophy and get bigger,” Buka says. “You will also develop lines and etchings where the muscles contract.” “Additionally, the tar absorption from smoking a joint or bong can yellow the teeth,” Buka says. What causesRead More →