Home Air Check Indoor Air Quality Secondhand/Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Test

Description

The Home Air Check Tobacco Smoke test determines whether or not secondhand or thirdhand smoke is present in an indoor environment. As with other Home Air Check products, the Tobacco Smoke test is a professional-grade test offered in an easy-to-use at-home test kit, and the sample is analyzed by an accredited laboratory. The Home Air Check tobacco smoke test looks for specific chemical compounds known to be present in secondhand smoke as well as third hand smoke, commonly thought of as stale tobacco smoke or tobacco smoke residue. Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds. Because these chemicals are difficult to detect due to their low levels and low volatility, determining the presence of tobacco smoke in the air, especially after smoking activity has ceased, is a difficult undertaking. However, by utilizing sophisticated sample collection and analysis methodologies with detection limits in the 0.1 ng/L range, our tobacco smoke test is able to isolate specific chemical markers that have been determined by recent leading edge research to be present when tobacco is or has been burned. This makes it an invaluable test for anyone wanting to know if an apartment, home, or house they're planning to occupy can be considered a smoke-free environment. Secondhand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke, is known to cause cancer, and is linked to other kinds of diseases and even deaths. It is a known asthma trigger. The test kit contains a small sampling pump, and a sampling tube that attaches to the pump to collect the air sample. Once you have collected your air sample, simply mail the pump and sample tube back to us with the box and postage-paid return label provided and we will analyze your sample. In 5 business days you'll receive an email with your results. NOTE: This is a single-use test and must be returned by the date indicated in your kit; you do NOT get to keep the test kit for future use.