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Health, medical, and safety effects of secondhand smoke on children.

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• Association of Pediatric Dental Caries with Passive Smoking

  http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/10/1258
  Research finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke get more cavities.

• Breast-feeding and Secondhand Exposure to Cigarettes

  http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/153/7/689
  Measures infants' exposure from maternal smoking.

• Children at Risk from ETS

  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-11/niehsnews.html#risk
  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.

• Effects of Restaurant Smoking Regulations on Children

  http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/321
  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

  http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/308
  Research finds that firsthand and secondhand smoke causes about 15% of asthma in North Carolina children.

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Children

  http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=108
  Factsheet summarizes the effects.

• Federal Report on Kids at Risk from Passive Smoking

  http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=67
  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?

  http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/285/3/931
  Research article compares measured effects of prenatal exposure to the substances.

• Nicotine's Double Link to Cot Death

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2771
  New research suggests that tobacco products cause SIDS in two different ways: disrupting a baby's breathing, and disrupting neural circuits.

• NRDC Pro: Our Children At Risk - Chapter 6

  http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap6.asp
  Secondhand smoke is an environmental health risk.

• Passive Smoke "Ruins Child Teeth"

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2844703.stm
  Children growing up in a house filled with cigarette smoke are likely to need more visits to the dentist, say researchers.

• Passive Smoke Damage to Children Measured

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2489767.stm
  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 and Childhood Illness and Disease

  http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/childhood.html
  Effect of prenatal and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Secondhand Smoke and Children

  http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/index.php#12
  Articles and factsheets on secondhand smoke and children.

• Secondhand Smoke Increases Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease

  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-12/uocd-pts121603.php
  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.

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