Studies have shown that children in smoking households get many more respiratory infections of greater severity and are 2-3 times more likely to be hospitalized than if there was no smoke in the household. It is so evident that the Environmental Protection Agency is close to declaring second hand smoke a carcinogen and environmental hazard and instituting strict controls on public smoking. The only thing holding is up is the immense power and political clout of the tobacco lobby. The political infighting is intense, but hopefully, the evidence will be more convincing than tobacco company profits. But controls on public smoking is not enough.
Private smoking puts our children at risk.
More about the risks of passive smoking to children next time. This is Dr. Herschel Lessin on Kidstuff.