Thursday, March 3, 2011

Study Reveals - Children Exposed to Passive Smoking Are Likely to Suffer From Serious Diseases

A recent study has disclosed that young children who reside with their tobacco smoking parents were virtually fifty percent more probable to be admitted to an infirmary suffering from a communicable disease prior to reaching eight years of age.

Roughly 30% of minors who were within a ten foot radius of a parent smoking tobacco products during their developing years where at some point in their childhood admitted to hospital.

The Tobacco Control web site has published the results of a study that followed in excess of seven thousand babies born in Hong Kong during the first three months of 1997

The youngsters were closely monitored over an 8 year period and researchers compiled the final results.
The research studies exposed that babies who experienced a lower than average birth weight were susceptible to significantly bigger risks of infection.

Children exposed to tobacco smoke were 75% more likely to suffer from the effects of diseases including meningococcal and respiratory illnesses.

 The compilers of the study from the University of Hong Kong have pronounced that passively inhaling tobacco smoke may undermine the body's immune systems and likewise bring about respiratory diseases including pulmonary emphysema and lung cancer.

The reports on the comprehensive study go on to pronounce "An excess risk of severe morbidity from both respiratory and other infections for all infants exposed to second hand smoke suggests that such exposure, as well as acting via direct contact with the respiratory tract, may also affect the immune system."

So to sum up the study confirms that individual who chose to smoke tobacco products are not only causing untold damage to their own health and wellbeing but also bring about severe damage to their children and close family.

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1 comment:

  1. This is still a problem that many parents do not understand, for me as a parent I would rather practice prevention than risking this, I have my son take serrapeptase, if you do not know about this here is a link about Serrapeptase Benefits

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