| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 5 Environmental tobacco smoke |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| Smoking in the presence of infants and children has been termed the most prevalent |
| yet least reported form of child abuse. |
| New York State Journal of Medicine, December 1983, p. 1255 |
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| Mothers who smoke can pass on the chemicals in tobacco smoke to their babies |
| through breast milk. The study from Massachusetts General Hospital also found that |
| babies may get more exposure to tobacco toxins through breast milk than by |
| breathing secondhand smoke. |
| Reuters, June 10, 1998 from American Journal of Public Health |
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| Children from families where one or both parents smoke are twice as likely to be in |
| poor or only fair health as children who live in smoke-free households. |
| US News and World Report, June 24, 1991 p.22 |
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| There are 3700 lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers each year in the United States |
| because of exposure to passive smoke. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 1, 1992, p. 480 |
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| In patients with cystic fibrosis and heavy exposure to passive smoke at home, |
| pulmonary function tests were significantly poorer, and there was a fivefold increase in |
| the number of pulmonary-related hospitalizations. |
| NEJM, September 20, 1990, p. 782 |
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