New intervention helps Latino parents of asthmatic children quit smoking
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Asthma is the most common chronic illness affecting Latino children in the United States, and secondhand smoke is a serious contributing factor. Now a new study from The Miriam Hospital's Centres for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine and Brown University suggests that clinically-based smoking cessation programs may not be enough to help Latino smokers with asthmatic children kick the habit...