When a person smokes a cigarette, the part of the smoke that is inhaled directly into the lungs is called mainstream smoke. Pollutants inhaled in the mainstream smoke enter the lung directly and can be absorbed by the blood stream and body tissue.
In Arabic culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura ( Arabic : ÙØ¬ÙØ³ Ø§ÙØ´ÙØ±Ù ââ) is an advisory council or consultative council . In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a Khalifa (Islamic leader) may be selected, the other way being by nomination .
In the West Bank and Gaza, local Shura committees answer to the Shura council and carry out its decisions. The highest decision-making body of the Majlis al-Shura is its Political Bureau, which consists of 15 members and operates in exile in Damascus, Syria.