Open Directory - Health: Specific Substances: Tobacco: Effects: By Source of Exposure: Secondhand Smoke: Effects on Children

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Hazard to Children - Policy statement and report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, April 1997. Goes well beyond the EPA report. Updated bibliography covers the research.
WHO Report on Tobacco Smoke and Child Health - 1999 report summarizes the effects of secondhand smoke on children.
AAP - Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Danger to Children - Short discussion from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Association of Pediatric Dental Caries with Passive Smoking - Research finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke get more cavities.
Breast-feeding and Secondhand Exposure to Cigarettes - Measures infants' exposure from maternal smoking.
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.
Education For Change: Second Hand Smoke and its Effect on the Young - List of problems that parental smoking causes in the fetus and child, from a provider of smoking-cessation and SIDS-prevention services.
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.
Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Asthma in Children - Research finds that firsthand and secondhand smoke causes about 15% of asthma in North Carolina children.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Children - Factsheet summarizes the effects.
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.
Fetal Nicotine or Cocaine Exposure: Which One is Worse? - Research article compares measured effects of prenatal exposure to the substances.
KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - Educates parents on keeping their homes and cars smokefree for their children's health.
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.
Secondhand Smoke Blunts Learning - An estimated 13 million children in the US are exposed to enough tobacco smoke to affect their learning; report summarizes.
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.
Secondhand Smoke May Cause Early Lung Damage in Children - Recent research finds that exposure to secondhand smoke in healthy male adolescents is associated with lung function impairment independently of the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy.
Secondhand Smoke and Childhood Illness and Disease - Effect of prenatal and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke.
Secondhand Smoke and Children - Articles and factsheets on secondhand smoke and children.
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. (March 12, 2003)
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. (September 10, 2002)

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