Search The Directory The Web for Home > Health > Addictions > Substance Abuse > Tobacco > Secondhand Smoke > Effects_on_Children New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Secondhand Smoke: information for Parents - Secondhand smoke is responsible for $4.6 billion in medical costs each year for kids 17 and under. Yet secondhand smoke enjoys special freedrom from regulation: "If the federal government regulated tobacco smoke the same way it does other air pollutants, acceptable levels would be so small that they could be produced by one smoker in a building of a million square feet".   Secondhand smoke affects cholesterol level in children - Washington Post story on research result. Exposing children to secondhand cigarette smoke can lower their blood levels of protective forms of cholesterol ("good" cholesterol).   Smokers' Children Breathe Less Easily - Children of smokers have normal lung size, but their airways are smaller, making them more vulnerable to respiratory problems and more likely to be taken to the hospital with breathing problems, according to new research.   Smokers' Children Risk Heart Disease - Recent research shows that in teenagers who lived with smoking parents, their blood chemistry was changed and indicated increased risk of heart disease and stroke.   Smoking Mom; A Possible Cause of Asthma in Children - Recent research indicates secondhand smoke not only worsens asthma symptoms, it causes asthma by constricting airway muscles and increasing mucous production.   Smoking. Maternal Smoking and Medical Expenditure for Childhood Respiratory Illness - Short summary of study published in American Journal of Public Health. Maternal smoking was associated with increased health care expenditure of $120 per year for children under 5 years of age and $175 for children under two years.   Strong Causal Relationship Between Parental Smoking and Childhood Morbidity and Mortality - Memo cites and summarizes the scientific findings, and estimates the strength of the relationship.   Studies Show Smoking's Toll on Children - Children exposed to cigarette smoke have stunted lung development and high lead exposure according to two new studies.   Summarizing All We Know About The Asthma Epidemic - Investigates reasons behind the rising incidence of asthma in children; one factor is secondhand smoke.   The Burden of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on the Respiratory Health of Children in the United States - JAMA Asthma Information Center report: "approximately 38% of children were presently exposed to ETS in the home, and 23.8% were exposed by maternal smoking during pregnancy. This increased asthma and chronic bronchitis among the children exposed.   Tobacco Smoke Affects Unborn Babies - Factsheet from Ottawa-Carleton Health Department.   WHO Report on Tobacco Smoke and Child Health - 1999 report summarizes the effects of secondhand smoke on children.   WHO: Children and Secondhand Smoke - Tobacco Free Initiative, International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco, Smoke (ETS) and Child Health, Geneva Switzerland. Extensive summary of the research, exposure levels, effects.     [ 1 2 3 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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