Children in multi-unit apartment buildings had 45 percent higher exposure to secondhand smoke than those in detached houses, a Pediatrics study of more than 5,000 children aged 6 to 18 found. Cotinine levels ran highest in children under 12, black children and those below the poverty line.
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Passive smoking kills 50,000 Americans each year
WHO researchers estimate secondhand smoke kills about 600,000 people a year worldwide, most from heart disease. A Circulation report puts U.S. deaths from passive smoking near 50,000 a year, and a Tobacco Control study attributes more than 22,000 Chinese lung cancer deaths in 2002 to it.
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Maternal smoking, passive smoking boost risk of neural tube defects
A Texas study of 1,041 neural tube defect cases and 5,862 control births found mothers exposed only to secondhand smoke were 70% more likely to have an affected baby. The authors note that evidence for an independent effect of cigarette smoke on these defects has been mixed.
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