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Examining the mortality effects of the Irish National Smoking Ban. [PDF]
, 2011 Secondhand smoke causes disease and death in those exposed, with cardiovascular and respiratory problems as the most likely outcomes.
Clancy, L +3 more
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Characteristics of Children with Secondhand Smoking [PDF]
Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia, 2017 Background: Passive smoking has been known to be associated with the risks of several diseases. Children are a group vulnerable to becoming passive smokers through adjacent adult smokers. Objective: To describe the characteristics of children with secondhand smoking. Methods: This research is a descriptive study involving 39 subjects of grade 4, 5, and
Jatmika, Septian Emma Dwi +1 more
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Prenatal Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Correlation Between Nicotine in Umbilical Cord Blood and Neonatal Anthropometry [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2019 Objectives Nicotine narrows uterine blood vessels reducing the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the developing fetus. This study examined the effects of fetal exposure to secondhand smoke on neonatal anthropometry.
Mery Ramadani +3 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2021 Summary: Background: Secondhand smoke exposure can cause morbidity and premature mortality. However, the global prevalence of, and trends in, secondhand smoke exposure among adolescents are poorly documented.
Chuanwei Ma, MSc +5 more
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Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017 Background: Exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes is a public health hazard that is increasing globally and emerging in resource-poor nations where the health effects of secondhand smoke are less publicized in biomedical literatures, electronic ...
Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh +2 more
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Smoking Parents, Their Children, and the Home: Do the Courts Have the Authority to Clear the Air? [PDF]
, 1995 A recent EPA report revealed that secondhand smoke is a cause of thousands of respiratory problems among children. Despite this finding, many courts and legislatures have refused to recognize that the right to breathe fresh air is a fundamental right ...
Moorby, Michael S.
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Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015 Background: Secondhand smoke, which is also referred to as environmental tobacco smoke and passive smoke, is a known human carcinogen. Secondhand smoke also causes disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children.
Steven Coughlin +2 more
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Smoking behaviour, involuntary smoking, attitudes towards smoke-free legislations, and tobacco control activities in the European Union [PDF]
, 2013 The six most important cost-effective policies on tobacco control can be measured by the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The objective of our study was to describe the correlation between the TCS and smoking prevalence, self-reported exposure to secondhand ...
Clancy, Luke +7 more
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Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Due to their relatively homogeneous lifestyle and living environment, the Amish offer a novel opportunity to study the health associations of tobacco smoke exposure, particularly secondhand smoke.
Robert M Reed +10 more
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Exposing children to secondhand smoke [PDF]
Thorax, 2012 In the October issue of Thorax , Leonardi-Bee et al reviewed the effects of parental smoking on the uptake of smoking by children.1 They conclude that exposure to smoking within the family is a significant determinant of subsequent smoking. One area that this study did not address was the effect of the site of the smoking on exposure. We have studied
Jenny, Pool +2 more
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