Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood increases lung cancer risk later in life

PHILADELPHIA -- Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked. Results of this study are published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, as part of a special tobacco focus in the December issue.

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