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Children are particularly susceptible to damage from hazardous chemicals, since their bodies are still growing, and their breathing rate is much faster ... Do you smoke? Find out more about the chemicals you inhale! smoking indoors: (mainstream smoke & second-hand smoke; smoking outdoors (mainstream smoke only);
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www.smoke-free.ca/eng_issues/etschemssmokers.htm
www.smoke-free.ca/eng_issues/etschemssmokers.htm
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• Children who live in homes where smoking is allowed have higher cotinine levels than children who live in homes where smoking is not allowed...
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www.cdc.gov/features/childrenandsmoke/
www.cdc.gov/features/childrenandsmoke/
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Secondhand smoke affects everyone, but children are especially vulnerable because they are still growing and developing. ... A few basic actions can protect children from secondhand smoke ... Children receiving high doses of secondhand smoke, such as those with smoking mothers, run the greatest risk of damaging health effects.
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www.epa.gov/smokefree/
www.epa.gov/smokefree/
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Serious Health Risks to Children; ... Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking (Also Known as Exposure to Secondhand Smoke or Environmental Tobacco Smoke - ETS) (U.S. ... Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Chapter 8, WHO Air Quality Guidelines for Europe, Second Edition) ( World Health Organization)
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www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
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Serious impacts of SHS on children include asthma induction and exacerbation, bronchitis and pneumonia, middle ear infection, ... Department of Health and Human Services, "Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals," National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH Pub. No. 02-0716) January 2003.
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www.no-smoke.org/document.php?id=215
www.no-smoke.org/document.php?id=215
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Infants who die from SIDS tend to have higher concentrations of nicotine in their lungs than do control children, regardless of whether smoking is reported.6...
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www.no-smoke.org/htmlpage.php?id=13
www.no-smoke.org/htmlpage.php?id=13
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You don't have to be a smoker for smoking to harm you. You can also have health problems from breathing in other people's smoke. Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe and the smoke exhaled by ... There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke. Children,
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html
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The World Health Organization estimates that half the world's children are frequently exposed to smoke at home. Learn about the harmful health risks of secondhand smoke ... "Look at the movies—you never saw anyone without a cigarette in their hand." In addition, restaurants and airplanes permitted smoking in those days.
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www.babyzone.com/safety/article/secondhand-smoking-chil...
www.babyzone.com/safety/article/secondhand-smoking-children
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Summary of effects of secondhand smoke on children. ... If, after looking over the ways secondhand smoke can harm your children, you decide it's time to stop smoking, help is at hand. You can consult with your physician about products and programs designed to make quitting easier and final.
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www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5431,00.html
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