A new study from Duke Health has found pregnant women experienced less secondhand smoke exposure since the 2009 passage of the 'smoking ban' in North Carolina, which outlawed smoking inside public places such as bars and ...
Jan 16, 2018
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(HealthDay)—While there is no sure way to avoid lung cancer, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk.
Jan 6, 2018
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Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that parents who smoke mistakenly rely on their own physical senses ...
Nov 15, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Smoking bans help protect the health of children's lungs, a new analysis shows.
Sep 6, 2017
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New research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has found that secondhand smoke tends to have somewhat different effects on men and women. The research, conducted in a Pennsylvania Amish community where ...
May 8, 2017
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Michael Miller does what many smokers do to protect his sons and daughter from cigarette smoke. He takes it outside.
Apr 22, 2017
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Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces contaminated with tobacco smoke residues, even when no one is actively smoking around them at the time.
Apr 6, 2017
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Exposure to secondhand smoke has long been associated with negative health effects. A study of secondhand smoke exposure after two smoking bans in Spain, publishing today in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, suggests that overall ...
Feb 26, 2017
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Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke—even before conception—appears to have a lingering impact that can later impair the brain development of a fetus, researchers at Duke Health report.
Jan 5, 2017
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Relaxing with a joint around children is not very wise. Not only do youngsters inhale harmful secondary smoke in the process, but the psychoactive chemicals in the drug are taken up by their bodies as well. This warning comes ...
Dec 7, 2016
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