Health, medical, and safety effects of secondhand smoke on children.
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- Fetal Nicotine or Cocaine Exposure: Which One is Worse? Research article compares measured effects of prenatal exposure to the substances.
- Children at Risk from ETS Young children and unborn infants are more vulnerable than adults to genetic damage from secondhand smoke, and exposures during early development increase the risk of cancer later in life, according to a study at Columbia University.
- NRDC Pro: Our Children At Risk - Chapter 6 Secondhand smoke is an environmental health risk.
- Passive Smoke Damage to Children Measured Children who were exposed to secondhand smoke had much higher levels of chemicals in their blood which suggested their blood vessel walls could already be under attack, recent research finds.
- Passive Smoke "Ruins Child Teeth" Children growing up in a house filled with cigarette smoke are likely to need more visits to the dentist, say researchers.
- Secondhand Smoke Increases Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Research finds hat children with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have more complications from the disease than those who live in a smokefree environment.
- Association of Pediatric Dental Caries with Passive Smoking Research finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke get more cavities.
- Secondhand Smoke and Childhood Illness and Disease Effect of prenatal and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Asthma in Children Research finds that firsthand and secondhand smoke causes about 15% of asthma in North Carolina children.
- Effects of Restaurant Smoking Regulations on Children Research finds that strong local restaurant smoking regulations reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that children are exposed to.
- Secondhand Smoke and Children Articles and factsheets on secondhand smoke and children.
- Federal Report on Kids at Risk from Passive Smoking GASP of Colorado Education Center summarizes recent research estimating number of kids exposed to secondhand smoke and its effects on their health.
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Children Factsheet summarizes the effects.
- Breast-feeding and Secondhand Exposure to Cigarettes Measures infants' exposure from maternal smoking.
- Nicotine's Double Link to Cot Death New research suggests that tobacco products cause SIDS in two different ways: disrupting a baby's breathing, and disrupting neural circuits.