English 1302 Writing and Rhetoric Visual Timeline / The effects of passive smoking on young children

  • Prematurity is twice as likely in mothers who smoke as opposed to nonsmoking mothers. Additionally, the number of cigarettes smoked per day can affect the severity of the prematurity, Simpson.

  • The risk of sickness in children was reduced when both parents did not smoke but increased when only one parent was a smoker and increased more when both parents smoked, Colley.

  • Passive smoking (second-hand smoking) can affect the physical growth of children with cystic fibrosis, Rubin.

  • There is little to no respiratory effect of exposure to ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) on children between the ages of 3-5, with the exception of asthma, Gergen.

  • Children would benefit if parents immediately stopped smoking once they were born, even if the mother smoked during pregnancy, Cook & Strachan.

  • Children with asthma and bronchitis are more likely to have parents that are smokers and addicted to nicotine, Mahabee-Gittens.

  • Prenatal maternal smoking can often lead to asthma, while postnatal parental smoking can lead to a variety of respiratory health problems, Pattenden.

  • Prenatal exposure to smoking can lead to asthma and wheezing in the early years of the child’s life, Silvestri.

  • Prenatal smoking can lead to accelerated telomere shortening which causes early biological aging at an early age, Osorio-Yanez.