NEWS : SMOKE AND CHILD HEALTH

myspace layout

Meningitis risk rockets if you smoke near children

source : mirror co.uk news

.

Provided by
DR WIDODO JUDARWANTO

SAVE CHILDRENS FROM SMOKE
Working together make a smoke-free homes and smoke-free zones for all children
Yudhasmara Foundation
JL TAMAN BENDUNGAN ASAHAN 5 JAKARTA PUSAT, JAKARTA INDONESIA 10210
PHONE : (021) 70081995 – 5703646
email : cfc2006@hotmail.com, judarwanto@gmail.com
www.savechildfromsmokers.blogspot.com/

Second-hand smoke leaves kids more prone to killer diseases such as meningitis, scientists say.
One in three babies raised within 10ft of cigarette fumes needs hospital treatment by their first birthday.
Those exposed in their first six months are 45 per cent likelier to be admitted with infections such as meningitis and septicaemia by the time they are eight. Smokers' kids are also at greater risk of respiratory ailments such as bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma.
But Hong Kong experts fear fumes also hit immune systems. Dr Catherine Mary Schooling said: "Second-hand smoke in early infancy increases severe infectious illnesses requiring hospital admission."
Half of UK kids breathe in fumes at home, with 17,000 under-fives needing treatment. Top doctors this week issue guidelines on shielding youngsters from passive smoking.