Word: secondhands
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Harvard students fall far short of matching their national counterparts for the frequency of their binge drinking, but they are almost exactly on par with national averages for secondhand effects of alcohol...
...These "secondhand" effects of drinking on campus can lead to serious consequences...
...most common secondhand effect experienced by students on campus is "babysitting," taking care of their peers who have had too much to drink...
Wechsler likens the effects of binge drinking to the dangers associated with secondhand smoke--non-drinking students suffer when their peers are drinking around them...
...People used to smoke all the time, everywhere. They'd blow smoke in your face, have no regard for non-smokers or others around them," he says. "[But now], once the results of secondhand smoke have been publicized, smokers have to go outside of buildings, out in the cold...