News (Media Awareness Project) - Parental Smoking Kills 6,200 Kids a Year,Study Says |
| Title: | Parental Smoking Kills 6,200 Kids a Year,Study Says |
| Published On: | 1997-07-15 |
| Source: | Orange County Register,tuesday,71597news 11 |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-08 14:26:29 |
CHICAGOAt least 6,200 children die each year in the United
States because of their parents smoking,killed by such things as
lung infections and burns,a study says.
"More young children are killed by parental smoking than by all
unintentional injuries combined ," the researches said in the July
issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
In addition, some 5.4 million other youngsters each year survive
ailments such as ear infections and asthma that are triggered by
their parents smoking, and these problems cost $4.6 billion annually
to treat,the researchers from the University of Wisconsin Medical
School in Madison estimated.
The study looked at reports from 1980 to 1996 involving children
up to 18.
States because of their parents smoking,killed by such things as
lung infections and burns,a study says.
"More young children are killed by parental smoking than by all
unintentional injuries combined ," the researches said in the July
issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
In addition, some 5.4 million other youngsters each year survive
ailments such as ear infections and asthma that are triggered by
their parents smoking, and these problems cost $4.6 billion annually
to treat,the researchers from the University of Wisconsin Medical
School in Madison estimated.
The study looked at reports from 1980 to 1996 involving children
up to 18.
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