Secondhand Smoke Poses Serious Health Risks to Children Breathing secondhand smoke can be harmful to childrens health. Secondhand smoke can cause children to suffer bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and more severe asthma attacks. Childrens exposure to secondhand smoke is responsible for: 1. increases in the number and severity of asthma attacks for 200,000 to 1 million children with asthma; 2. between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections (for children under 18 months of age); and, 3. respiratory tract infections resulting in 7,500 to 15,000 hospitalizations each year A few basic actions can protect children from secondhand smoke 1. Choose not to smoke in your home and car and do not allow family and visitors to do so. Infants and toddlers are especially vulnerable to the health risks from secondhand smoke. 2. Do not allow childcare providers or others who work in your home to smoke. 3. Until you can quit, choose to smoke outside. Moving to another room or opening a window is not enough to protect your children. More at: epa.gov/smokefree/index.html
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:17:18 +0000
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