Babies who sleep with smoker parents exhibit high nicotine levels
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
"Third-hand smoke" stuck to skin or clothing is responsible for the high nicotine levels seen in babies who share a bedroom with their smoker parents. This is the conclusion of a study carried out in Catalonia, which also shows that ventilating bedrooms is not effective in reducing the levels of toxins from passive smoking.