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I appreciate your request, but the context you've provided—a caption indicating "Smoke from a fire"—is too minimal for me to write an accurate, informative 2-sentence overview. I would need substantive information about smoke's composition, formation, health impacts, or significance to provide a meaningful explanation beyond stating it comes from fires.
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Research
412,633 papers- Lung cancer in patients who have never smoked - an emerging disease.ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2024LoPiccolo J, Gusev A, Christiani DC et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41571-023-00844-0
- Clearing the smoke.Nature neuroscience · 2014DOI: 10.1038/nn.3777
- Azithromycin Mitigates Tobacco Smoke-Induced Lung Senescence by Modulating the FOXO3A/CCND1 Signaling Pathway.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Chen Z, He Q, Yi X et al.DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S534997
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11 sectionsContents
- Chemical composition
- Visible and invisible particles of combustion
- Dangers
- Corrosion
- Health effects of wood smoke
- Measurement
- Traditional medicinal smoking
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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Smoke is an aerosol (a suspension of particulates in gases) emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves, candles, internal combustion engines, oil lamps, and fireplaces), but may also be used for pest control (fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defensive and offensive capabilities in the military (smoke screen), cooking, or smoking (tobacco, cannabis, etc.). It is used in rituals where incense, sage, or resin is burned to produce a smell for spiritual or magical purposes. It can also be a flavoring agent and preservative.