Childhood asthma
- "Half the cases of early childhood asthma are due to secondhand cigarette smoke".
- http://www.ahrq.gov/research/may98/ra1.htm

Environmental Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Increases the Risk of Respiratory Symptoms and Disease in Children
- Summary of research findings as of 2002.
- http://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb02/0202RA6.htm

Custody Judge Bans Smoking Near Child
- A judge has barred smoking in the presence of an 8 year old girl, citing the scientific evidence of the effects of secondhand smoke.
- http://www.cmh.pitt.edu/tobacco/News/Newscustody_091302.htm

Secondhand Smoke May Cause Early Lung Damage in Children
- Recent research finds that exposure to secondhand smoke in healthy male adolescents is associated with lung function impairment independently of the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy.
- http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/125/4/1387

Secondhand Smoke and Your Family
- American Lung Association on secondhand smoke. Effects of secondhand smoke on children, and information on how you can protect them.
- http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=34706&ct=66745#children

Secondhand Smoke and Children
- Pamphlet on effects of secondhand smoke on children, from the American Academy of Otolarlyngology.
- http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/secondhand_smoke.cfm

Breast-feeding and Secondhand Exposure to Cigarettes
- Measures infants' exposure from maternal smoking.
- http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/153/7/689

AAP - Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Danger to Children
- Short discussion from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1UBHWQ7C&sub_cat=29

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Children
- Factsheet summarizes the effects.
- http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=108

Federal Report on Kids at Risk from Passive Smoking
- GASP of Colorado Education Center summarizes recent research estimating number of kids exposed to secondhand smoke and its effets on their health.
- http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=67

Effects of Restaurant Smoking Regulations on Children
- Research finds that strong local restaurant smoking regulations reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that children are exposed to.
- http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/321

Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Asthma in Children
- Research finds that firsthand and secondhand smoke causes about 15% of asthma in North Carolina children.
- http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/308

Secondhand Smoke and Childhood Illness and Disease
- Effect of prenatal and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke.
- http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/childhood.html

Association of Pediatric Dental Caries with Passive Smoking
- Research finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke get more cavities.
- http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/10/1258

Secondhand Smoke Increases Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
- Research finds hat children with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have more complications from the disease than those who live in a smokefree environment.
- http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-12/uocd-pts121603.php

Secondhand Smoke & Children
- A physician newsletter gives a short treatment to the topic.
- http://home.earthlink.net/~jodette/smoke.html

Secondhand Smoke May Cause Cavities in Children
- Children whose parents smoke are more likely to develop dental cavities, according to recent research.
- http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/archive/sec_smoke.html

Children and Secondhand Smoke
- Online pamphlet from the Canadian Cancer Society.
- http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_13127_262985_langId-en,00.html

Dr. Spock: Secondhand Smoke and Children's Health
- Summary of effects of secondhand smoke on children.
- http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5431,00.html

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Respiratory Health in Children
- Review of a critical review and analysis of the scientific literature from 1969 to 1998.
- http://www.online.karger.com/library/karger/renderer/dataset.exe?jcode=IBE&action=render&rendertype=abstract&uid=IBE.ibe09246

Passive Smoke "Ruins Child Teeth"
- Children growing up in a house filled with cigarette smoke are likely to need more visits to the dentist, say researchers.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2844703.stm

Passive Smoke Damage to Children Measured
- Children who were exposed to secondhand smoke had much higher levels of chemicals in their blood which suggested their blood vessel walls could already be under attack, recent research finds.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2489767.stm

Poorer Lung Function Among Children Exposed to Their Mother's Cigarette Smoke While in the Womb
- Report on recent research.
- http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/poorer3-21-00.cfm

NRDC Pro: Our Children At Risk - Chapter 6
- Secondhand smoke is an environmental health risk.
- http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap6.asp

Secondhand Smoke
- Looks at the facts on exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke and the development of asthma and other diseases in children.
- http://asthma.about.com/health/asthma/msub22.htm

WHO: Children and Secondhand Smoke
- Tobacco Free Initiative, International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco, Smoke (ETS) and Child Health, Geneva Switzerland. Extensive summary of the research, exposure levels, effects.
- http://www.ash.org.uk/html/passive/html/who-ets.html

Fetus May Be Harmed by Second-Hand Smoke
- Summary of recent research.
- http://www.cancernetwork.com/journals/oncnews/n9907m.htm

The ABCs of Secondhand Smoke: A Training Module for Child Care Providers
- Factual information for child care providers about secondhand smoke.
- http://www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/smokemod.htm

Secondhand Smoke Blunts Learning
- An estimated 13 million children in the US are exposed to enough tobacco smoke to affect their learning; report summarizes.
- http://www.drgreene.com/21_954.html

Second Hand Smoke & Kids
- Second hand smoke is a major cause of children's illness -- yet 85% of adults who smoke and who live with a child do not ensure that the child is not exposed to the smoke from their cigarettes. Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada provides background and r
- http://www.smoke-free.ca/Second-Hand-Smoke/health_kids.htm

Nicotine's Double Link to Cot Death
- New research suggests that tobacco products cause SIDS in two different ways: disrupting a baby's breathing, and disrupting neural circuits.
- http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992771

Second Hand Smoke in Pregnancy
- Secondhand smoke can hurt unborn babies
- http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/refs/smoke.html

Secondhand Smoke Snuffs Health of Children
- Article on program to encourage parents to protect kids from secondhand smoke.
- http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_83322.html

Education For Change: Second Hand Smoke and its Effect on the Young
- List of problems that parental smoking causes in the fetus and child, from a provider of smoking-cessation and SIDS-prevention services.
- http://www.efc.co.nz/frame.php3?main=information.php3%3Fpage%3D2

Fetal Nicotine or Cocaine Exposure: Which One is Worse?
- Research article compares measured effects of prenatal exposure to the substances.
- http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/285/3/931

KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke
- Educates parents on keeping their homes and cars smokefree for their children's health.
- http://www.kiiss.org/

Passive Smoking: The Impact On Children
- ASH-UK report pulls together the latest research to assess how much secondhand smoke children are exposed to, the diseases that this is causing in children, the public awareness of these facts, and educational and policy strategies to reduce this harm.
- http://www.ash.org.uk/html/passive/html/kidsbrief.html

Children at Risk from ETS
- Young children and unborn infants are more vulnerable than adults to genetic damage from secondhand smoke, and exposures during early development increase the risk of cancer later in life, according to a study at Columbia University.
- http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-11/niehsnews.html#risk

Effects of ETS on Children
- Excerpted from EPA report, published by the National Conservation Guild, as part of their indoor air quality issues series.
- http://www.nationalguild.com/library/ets_children.html