{"id":37993,"key":"Indoor_smoke","title":"Indoor smoke","latest":{"id":1222815,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T21:16:15Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Grilling Meat (2991446336).jpg|thumb]]\n\n'''Indoor smoke''' is a problem caused by fires used for [[cooking]] and [[lighting]] - e.g. [[kerosene lamps]], kerosene stoves, and open dung fires. This is a major [[public health]] issue in [[poor countries]].\n\nIndoor smoke is a very severe form of [[indoor air pollution]], causing health problems such as respiratory disease and eye disease, which are major causes of death and disability.\n\n== Solutions ==\n\n[[Improved cook stoves]] and [[renewable energy]] lighting are important tools in the fight against indoor smoke.\n\nEducation is also an issue - where people have grown up with traditional methods, and burning of rubbish and organic waste is a regular activity, people may be accustomed to smoke and not regard it as harmful, or even regard a certain amount of smoke as good for keeping away insects. (If insects are an issue, other methods of protecting from pests must be found, [[Community participation|together with the community]].)\n\n{{add links}}\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Indoor smoke harms millions worldwide. Appropedia explains clean cooking and lighting solutions that protect health and reduce emissions.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Indoor air pollution]]\n[[Category:Public health]]"}