Smoking


RAPID ROUNDUP: Second-hand tobacco smoke increases children’s allergy risk

Tue Dec 18, 2007

Passive smoking has been associated with lung cancer and heart disease and is the main reason for smoking bans in workplaces and indoor public places, including restaurants, bars and night clubs. This new study, published today in Thorax, looks at the role passive smoking might also play in causing food and environmental allergies. With allergies [...]

RAPID ROUNDUP: Latest findings on SIDS and Smoking – Expert comments

Fri Oct 19, 2007

A British study has found that 9 out of 10 babies who die from cot death had mothers who smoked during pregnancy. The report from the Bristol University’s Institute of Child Life and Health was published in the journal Early Human Development.