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Children who are exposed to cigarette or tobacco smoking are at a higher risk of developing certain heart diseases once they become adults, according to a study published on Circulation. The risks are doubled, as compared to children whose parents did not smoke at all.
“This paper adds to the evidence base that exposure to second-hand smoke during childhood increases risk of heart diseases in adults,” stated Stanton Glantz, a professor at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco.
Moreover, CNN has pointed out that even parents who smoke, despite limiting their child’s exposure to it, still increased their child’s risk of adult-onset heart diseases. Parents who smoked in front of their children, without limiting their exposure at all, increases the risk four times.
The CDC, or Center for Disease Control, has stated that almost 60% of children who are aged between 3 and 11 have most likely been exposed to second-hand smoke, usually at their own homes.
Although it does not totally eradicate the possibility of adult-onset heart-related conditions by the times the kids reach adulthood, it is still advised for avid smokers to smoke away from their children. However, what is best and must be done is to prevent from smoking at all.
Those who are looking for child care providers must include this in their criteria. Their choice of staff for their children must not smoke. If they cannot help it, though, they must not do it in front of the children, and should also change their shirts after smoking.
