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Approximately five million children in the United States live in homes where they are exposed to secondhand smoke. A new study suggests that exposure to cigarette smoke can increase a child's likelihood of developing a mental or behavioral disorder by nearly 50 percent. The study used data...
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Secondhand Smoke Tied to ADHD and Learning Disabilities in Children
An explanation of how the study linking secondhand smoke and neurobehavioral disorders was conducted. The article also highlights the major findings of the report. For instance, of the children who were exposed to cigarette smoke, the oldest participants (ages 9 to 11) as well as those from...
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Secondhand Smoke Boosts kids' ADHD, Learning Disability Risks
Eight percent (or 274,000) of the five million children in the U.S. who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home developed neurobehavioral disorders like learning disabilities and ADHD. These disorders could possibly have been prevented if the child lived in a smoke-free home. Treating these...
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How Parental Smoking Affects Kids
A discussion of two studies about the effects of secondhand smoke on children. One study found that children in China who had a father who smoked tended to weigh more than children whose father did not smoke. The other study found that children whose mother smoked were more likely to become...
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Secondhand Smoke Causes Both Immediate and Long Term Health Effects
An examination of the short-term and long-term effects of secondhand smoke. The article briefly describes a previous study that found that children who had a high level of environmental tobacco smoke had a 44 percent higher risk for hyperactivity. Another study found that exposure to...
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Secondhand Smoke Isn't Just Bad for Kids' Bodies, It's Bad for Their Brains
An explanation of a previous study that linked secondhand smoke to mental health problems like major depressive disorder and ADHD. Researchers found that children exposed to secondhand smoke were also likely to have symptoms of major depressive disorder, ADHD, generalized anxiety disorder and...
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Research Examines Possible Link Between Second-Hand Smoke and Kids' Depression, Anxiety, ADHD
Referencing the study linking secondhand smoke to mental disorders in children, the author of this article suggests that although the children were likely to have symptoms of these disorders, there was no correlation between formal diagnoses of these conditions and secondhand smoke.
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Passive smoking 'doubles hearing loss risk among teens'
A new study found that secondhand smoke could have an adverse effect on adolescents' hearing. In the study, 40 percent of the children who were exposed to secondhand smoke had detectable hearing problems. Only 25 percent of the teens who were not exposed to secondhand smoke experienced...
