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trying smaller than the diameter of a human hair, dropping. There are other contaminants in the smoke as well. There's PM10, particularly as well, but the 2.5 are the ones that have the biggest impact on a person's health. Short-term effects can include burning eyes, burning nose and a cough. The softening of the suffers are likely to experience flare-ups from short-term exposure to PM2.5. Longer term, just dropping. Longer term, these particles can become especially problematic because they get inhaled and make their way into the bloodstream inflammation. Inflammation can start up that aggravates respiratory conditions like asthma or COPD. This might happen right away or even several days later.