Concise but fully footnoted factsheet on secondhand smoke and its effects on adults and children.

Short discussion from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Research finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke get more cavities.

Measures infants' exposure from maternal smoking.

"Half the cases of early childhood asthma are due to secondhand cigarette smoke".

Online pamphlet from the Canadian Cancer Society.

Young children and unborn infants are more vulnerable than adults to genetic damage from secondhand smoke, and exposures during early development increase the risk of cancer later in life, according to a study at Columbia University.

Secondhand smoke is associated with increased illnesses in children, including lower respiratory disease, middle ear effusion, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome. One study found that the overall cancer risk was greater for individuals exposed to environmental tobacco smoke during both childhood and adulthood than for individuals with a history of exposure during only one of those periods.

A judge has barred smoking in the presence of an 8 year old girl, citing the scientific evidence of the effects of secondhand smoke.

Summary of effects of secondhand smoke on children.

List of problems that parental smoking causes in the fetus and child, from a provider of smoking-cessation and SIDS-prevention services.

Excerpted from EPA report, published by the National Conservation Guild, as part of their indoor air quality issues series.

Research finds that strong local restaurant smoking regulations reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that children are exposed to.

Research finds that firsthand and secondhand smoke causes about 15% of asthma in North Carolina children.

Summary of research findings as of 2002.

Factsheet summarizes the effects.

Review of a critical review and analysis of the scientific literature from 1969 to 1998.

Policy statement and report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, April 1997. Goes well beyond the EPA report. Updated bibliography covers the research.

GASP of Colorado Education Center summarizes recent research estimating number of kids exposed to secondhand smoke and its effets on their health.

Research article compares measured effects of prenatal exposure to the substances.

Summary of recent research.

Children are Passive Smokers, and by the millions.

Educates parents on keeping their homes and cars smoke free for their children's health. News, articles, and stories on health effects of secondhand smoke; sign up for mailed information. Features a "share your story" section.

New research suggests that tobacco products cause SIDS in two different ways: disrupting a baby's breathing, and disrupting neural circuits.

Secondhand smoke is an environmental health risk.

Children growing up in a house filled with cigarette smoke are likely to need more visits to the dentist, say researchers.

Children who were exposed to secondhand smoke had much higher levels of chemicals in their blood which suggested their blood vessel walls could already be under attack, recent research finds.

Report of an international academic symposium held on August 24-25th, 1998, at the Medical School of Essen University, Germany.

Summary of an international symposium on health damages to kids from tobacco smoke. Provided in English and German languages.

ASH-UK report pulls together the latest research to assess how much secondhand smoke children are exposed to, the diseases that this is causing in children, the public awareness of these facts, and educational and policy strategies to reduce this harm.

Short summary emphasizes the near-term effects.

Report on recent research.

Second hand smoke is a major cause of children's illness -- yet 85% of adults who smoke and who live with a child do not ensure that the child is not exposed to the smoke from their cigarettes. Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada provides background and research details.

Secondhand smoke can hurt unborn babies

Looks at the facts on exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke and the development of asthma and other diseases in children.

A physician newsletter gives a short treatment to the topic.

Medical column provides answer to question about whether secondhand smoke could affect a baby.

Effect of prenatal and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke.

American Academy of Otolaryngology public service brochure. What secondhand smoke does to: the fetus and newborn; children's lungs and respiratory tracts; the ears.

Articles and factsheets on secondhand smoke and children.

Pamphlet on effects of secondhand smoke on children, from the American Academy of Otolarlyngology.

American Lung Association on secondhand smoke. Effects of secondhand smoke on children, and information on how you can protect them.

An estimated 13 million children in the US are exposed to enough tobacco smoke to affect their learning; report summarizes.

Research shows that secondhand smoke slows development of the child's permanent teeth.

Research finds hat children with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have more complications from the disease than those who live in a smokefree environment.

Children whose parents smoke are more likely to develop dental cavities, according to recent research.

Recent research finds that exposure to secondhand smoke in healthy male adolescents is associated with lung function impairment independently of the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy.

Article on program to encourage parents to protect kids from secondhand smoke.

What makes this study of 4,331 kids different from other studies is that while previous studies have found that exposure to smoke can worsen asthmatic symptoms, this study says passive smoke can cause asthma.

Factual information for child care providers about secondhand smoke.

Factsheet from Ottawa-Carleton Health Department.

1999 report summarizes the effects of secondhand smoke on children.

Tobacco Free Initiative, International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco, Smoke (ETS) and Child Health, Geneva Switzerland. Extensive summary of the research, exposure levels, effects.