Survey of Secondhand Smoke for 3-Year-Old Children in the Current Era of New Tobacco Products.

Aim: To investigate children's exposure to secondhand smoke and aerosols in the current era of new tobacco products.

Methods: A total of 200 children were recruited from among children who had undergone health checkups for 3-year-olds at the clinic. We investigated the smoking status of their families using a questionnaire and measured urinary cotinine concentrations in their children.

[Effects of tobacco smoke on fetus and children].

What is caused on fetus and children by parental smoking? Parental smoking, especially maternal smoking cause oral cleft which makes baby difficult to suck milk. It causes not only respiratory illness such as asthma bronchialis but also fire accident or burn by child abuse. These things decrease quality of life of children.