News tagged with parental smoking
Babies who sleep with smoker parents exhibit high nicotine levels
"Third-hand smoke" stuck to skin or clothing is responsible for the high nicotine levels seen in babies who share a bedroom with their smoker parents. This is the conclusion of a study carried out in Catalonia, ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Most parents support checking them for tobacco smoke exposure
Sixty percent of parents, whether they smoke or not, said they would like to have their children tested for tobacco smoke exposure during pediatric visits, according to a new study released online on Monday ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Smoking habits are transmitted from mother to daughter and father to son
A European research group has studied how smoking habits are transmitted within the home. The results show that, in homes where both parents are present, there is a significant degree of inter-generational ...
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Jan 28, 2011 |
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Parents play key role in whether teen tobacco use becomes daily habit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found new evidence showing that parents play a key role in whether or not their adolescent children who experiment with tobacco progress to become daily smokers before they ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Parental guidelilnes, consequences may be why fewer black teens smoke than whites
It's a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents.
May 14, 2009 |
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