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Published on: February 12, 2015
The impact of secondhand smoke on children: respiratory and other medical concerns
Mark G Lounsbery1, Mark E Bubak
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, USA.
Abstract:
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is commonplace in South Dakota. It is casually linked to an increased incidence and severity of childhood and adult asthma; lower respiratory tract infections; symptoms of cough, wheeze, phlegm; acute and chronic otitis media; sudden infant death syndrome; cancers; prematurity; and cardiovascular disease. At this time, the development of specific allergy cannot be causally linked. As there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke, tobacco smoking cessation is the only effective treatment and should be actively pursued at every opportunity.
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