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Children & Secondhand Smoke
Week of: January 15, 2007
Kathleen V. Butler, M.D.
- What is the risk of a child developing lung cancer if the parents are smokers?
- What complications can a child experience from passive cigarette smoke?
- Are there any studies that show an increase in childhood illness due to passive cigarette smoke?
- Are there health risks to an infant who's mother smokes during pregnancy?
- Can pediatricians detect or diagnose early signs of lung cancer in a child?



