Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. There is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.<ref name="muscat">"Cigarette smoking, asbestos exposure, and malignant mesothelioma" by Muscat JE, Wynder EL in ''Cancer Research'' (1991) volume 51 pages 2263-7 {{Entrez Pubmed|2015590|}}.</ref> | Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. There is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.<ref name="muscat">"Cigarette smoking, asbestos exposure, and malignant mesothelioma" by Muscat JE, Wynder EL in ''Cancer Research'' (1991) volume 51 pages 2263-7 {{Entrez Pubmed|2015590|}}.</ref> |