Infants sleeping in smoker's rooms may have threefold nicotine-level increase. HealthDay (3/30, Preidt) reported, "Levels of nicotine in the hair of infants who sleep in the same room with parents who smoke are three times higher than in babies who sleep in another room," according to a study in the journal BMC Public Health. For the study, researcher "analyzed hair samples from 252 babies younger than 18 months and interviewed their parents about their smoking habits. Seventy-three percent of the parents said they smoked or allowed smoking in their homes, and 83 percent of the babies' hair samples showed high levels of nicotine."
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Infant Tobacco Risk
Infants sleeping in smoker's rooms may have threefold nicotine-level increase. HealthDay (3/30, Preidt) reported, "Levels of nicotine in the hair of infants who sleep in the same room with parents who smoke are three times higher than in babies who sleep in another room," according to a study in the journal BMC Public Health. For the study, researcher "analyzed hair samples from 252 babies younger than 18 months and interviewed their parents about their smoking habits. Seventy-three percent of the parents said they smoked or allowed smoking in their homes, and 83 percent of the babies' hair samples showed high levels of nicotine."
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