Children Who Live With Smokers Miss More School
A recent study in the Journal of Pediatrics is the first national study which shows a link between absenteeism in children and parents who smoke.
The study examined 3100 families to compare the number of school absences and the incidence of parents who smoke.
Children from smoking households missed an average of 1 to 1.5 days more of school per year than children from non-smoking homes. Researchers also found children suffered from more respiratory infections, ear infections and colds when they lived with a smoker. Children who lived with two smokers also experienced higher rates of illness.
These factors are believed to be the main contributing factor to illness. Researchers also believe that the results of their study may actually underplay the link between smoking and illness in children. The link could quite possibly be even stronger.
This health risk from smoking is yet another reason to quit the habit.
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