Parents who think they are protecting their family from their own tobacco smoke when they light up on balconies or near open windows are dead wrong. The smokers themselves won’t sleep soundly after ...

Smoking is a harmful habit that affects not only the smoker but also those around them, particularly children. The impact of secondhand smoke on children’s health is profound, with the lungs being one ...

Six in 10 Filipino students aged 13 to 15 are exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke in outdoor and enclosed public spaces, ...

Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), refers to the smoke inhaled by those who are not actively smoking. This invisible culprit poses a significant health risk, especially ...

Children exposed to secondhand vaping had 83.6% lower nicotine absorption than the children exposed to secondhand tobacco smoking. Vaping rather than smoking tobacco indoors substantially reduces ...

Background In 2011/12 approximately 2.3 million children, 17% of children in the UK, were estimated to be in relative poverty. Cigarette smoking is expensive and places an additional burden on ...

Purposefully and repeatedly exposing children to secondhand smoke — a known human carcinogen — is child abuse, according to an opinion piece written by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a professor in the ...

Children of smoking mothers are more likely to have more motor control problems, perception impairments, attention disabilities, and social problems than children of non-smoking mothers. Some reasons ...

Bushfires are currently burning in Australian states including Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia. In some areas, fire authorities have warned residents about the presence of ...

Number of Children in Poverty in Households in Which One or More Adults Smoke Table 3 shows estimated numbers of children in poor households in which one or two parents smoke, by marital status of the ...