RT Report
T1 Health Effects of Interactions between Tobacco Use and Exposure to Other Agents - Environmental Health Criteria 211
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 smoking
K1 tobacco
K1 air pollution
K1 risk
K1 health
SN 92 4 157211 6
YR 1999
FD 1999
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29485
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29485
NO Tobacco use, particularly smoking, causes a range of adverse health effects, is directly implicated in a number of serious diseases, and can increase adverse effects of other chemical, physical and biological agents. Chemicals and other agents in workplaces can cause, if not controlled, disease, incapacity and early death. In the workplace it is clear that adverse effects can be produced by the synergistic interaction of tobacco smoking and other hazards. The majority of interactions of harmful tobacco smoke constituents with toxic chemicals occur when the latter are airborne, although interactions of smoking with ingested and/or absorbed harmful agents have also been reported.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026