children who live with smokers have higher rates of experiencing respiratory

Cigarettes are not only bad for people who suck, but also for those who are exposed to cigarette smoke exposure. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) confirms that children who live with smokers were more frequently absent from school than children who live in smoke-free home.

Researchers say children who live with smokers have higher rates of experiencing respiratory disease can be caused by exposure to cigarette smoke, as has been released in the online edition of Pediatrics.

"Among children aged 6-11 years who live with smokers, a quarter to a third frequently absent from school due to exposure to secondhand smoke at home," said Douglas Levy, PhD, Institute of Mongan.

The authors note that one-third of U.S. children living with one smoker, and over half of those aged 3-11 years are exposed to tobacco has been detected in the blood flow in them.

Researchers concluded that passive smoking risk in meningkatknya ear infections and some respiratory problems. And absenteeism in school children caused by cigarette smoke is a serious measure of the illnesses suffered by children.

From the analysis of 3087 children, researchers found that more than 14 percent of children live in homes with at least one person smoking, 8 percent lived with one smoker and 6 percent lived with two even more smokers at home.

Researchers said that children living with one smoker at home had an average of 1.06 per day absent, and those who live with two or more smokers at home, possibly amounting to 1.54 per day absent.

Based on the type of illness, ear infections and respiratory problems resulting in 24 percent of children do not attend school (one person living with smokers) and 34 percent of children do not attend school (with two smokers in the house).