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Childhood Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Has Long-Lasting Effects Brief Description: Transcript: London: It potentially is something that clinicians could think about when they're taking a history on adults who have respiratory symptoms for which there isn't an obvious explanation. I think the other thing is pointing out that it's not just childhood asthma and respiratory symptoms that could result from the parents' smoking, but long-lasting effects. Schmalfeldt:
The study also showed that participants who reported eating more
fruit and soy fiber as adults were able to reverse some of the negative
health
effects often associated with early tobacco exposure. For more information
about environmental tobacco smoke, log on to the website at niehs.nih.gov.
From the National Institutes of Health, I'm Bill Schmalfeldt in Bethesda,
Maryland. |
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