Objective: The effects of passive smoke exposure on respiratory health are still under debate. Therefore, we examined the risk of respiratory symptoms related to passive smoke exposure among German ...

Children whose fathers experienced passive smoke exposure in childhood were significantly more likely to show impaired lung function as adults, based on data from more than 800 father-child pairs.

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...

A father's exposure to passive smoking as a child may impair the lifelong lung function of his children, putting them at risk of COPD-a risk that is heightened further if they are childhood passive ...

Smoking and respiratory illnesses in fathers and offspring partly mediated the FEV1 associations, with each contributing under 15%. HealthDay News — Paternal passive smoke exposure before completing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COPD, which includes conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is the third leading cause of death around the world, ...

A father’s exposure to passive smoking as a child may impair the lifelong lung function of his children, putting them at risk of COPD—a risk that is heightened further if they are childhood passive ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Exposure to second-hand smoke in childhood causes irreversible damage to children's arteries - increasing their risk of heart attacks or strokes when they grow up, according to a ...

Exposure to second-hand smoke is associated with a larger waist and poorer cognition in children, researchers say. "The take-home message is that for these children, smoke exposure was connected to ...

Understanding the Risks: Many believe that non-smokers are immune to severe lung diseases and cancer. While this is partially accurate, inhaling smoke from others, whether knowingly or unknowingly, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California became the first state to declare secondhand smoke a toxic air pollutant Thursday, citing its link to breast cancer. Experts said the decision may have more impact ...