Children whose parents smoke tend to miss more school than their classmates with non-smoking parents — possibly because of a higher rate of respiratory infections, a new study suggests. Researchers ...

New data published in this week's edition of pediatrics finds that children aged 6 to 11 years old, who live with smokers, have a greater chance of missing school than kids who don't have smokers in ...

(Reuters Health) - Kids with asthma are more likely to have breathing problems and be hospitalized when they live with a smoker, a research review suggests. The team analyzed data from 25 studies that ...

At Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, about every other young patient has been exposed to tobacco smoke. Nationally, that rate is 35%. The high number of kids exposed to harmful second- ...

Improved airway function appeared to mediate the association between vitamin C supplementation and wheeze in kids whose mothers smoked and received vitamin C during pregnancy, a secondary analysis of ...

Young children are much more likely to get cavities if they live in a household with smokers, a Japanese study suggests. Compared to children in non-smoking households, kids living with smokers were ...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:17 GMT — Steve Panetta used to smoke cigarettes in the house when his children were infants. That was before he learned about secondhand smoke about 18 years ago. Since then, he ...