Many parents think smoking in or around the home mostly affects breathing or causes coughs. But new research by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that smoking harms children in deeper and more ...

* Childhood secondhand smoke exposure in fathers is linked to impaired lung function in their children * Risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in children doubled //if both father and child ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

For children genetically predisposed to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), exposure to cigarette smoke in the family home could raise that risk even higher, new research shows. "A higher genetic MS risk ...

A father’s exposure to passive smoking as a child may impair the lifelong lung function of his children, putting them at risk of COPD—a risk that is heightened further if they are childhood passive ...