AAP - Child Health Month
Concise but fully footnoted factsheet on secondhand smoke and its effects on adults and children.
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chmhets.htm
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Effects of ETS on Children
Excerpted from EPA report, published by the National Conservation Guild, as part of their indoor air quality issues series.
http://www.nationalguild.com/library/ets_children.html
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Clinical Briefs - American Family Physician, July 1997
Secondhand smoke is associated with increased illnesses in children, including lower respiratory disease, middle ear effusion, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome. One study found that the overall cancer risk was greater for individuals exposed to env
http://www.aafp.org/afp/970700ap/briefs9.html
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Secondhand Smoke and Children
American Academy of Otolaryngology public service brochure. What secondhand smoke does to: the fetus and newborn; children's lungs and respiratory tracts; the ears.
http://www.netdoor.com/com/entinfo/secsmaao.html
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Second Hand Smoke & Canadian Kids
One in three Canadian kids are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke in their home. Analysis shows: what this means, what are the effects on thealth, and who's at risk.
http://www.smoke-free.ca/eng_home/news_press_Jun99.htm
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Secondhand Smoke and Your Family
American Lung Association factsheet on what secondhand smoke does to young people.
http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/smosecondha.html
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Children at Risk from ETS
Young children and unborn infants are more vulnerable than adults to genetic damage from secondhand smoke, and exposures during early development increase the risk of cancer later in life, according to a study at Columbia University.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-11/niehsnews.html#risk
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Growing up in Smoke is dangerous
Children are Passive Smokers, and by the millions.
http://smoke-free.eire.org/contents.htm
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Passive smoking and children: analysis of hazards
Summary of an international symposium on health damages to kids from tobacco smoke. Provided in English and German languages.
http://members.aol.com/toxicol98/report/page1.htm
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Passive Smoking: The Impact On Children
ASH-UK report pulls together the latest research to assess how much secondhand smoke children are exposed to, the diseases that this is causing in children, the public awareness of these facts, and educational and policy strategies to reduce this harm.
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/passive/html/kidsbrief.html
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