Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

W Hofhuis; J C de Jongste; P J F M Merkus

doi:10.1136/adc.88.12.1086

Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

Arch Dis Child. 2003 Dec;88(12):1086-90. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.12.1086.

Authors

W Hofhuis¹, J C de Jongste, P J F M Merkus

Affiliation

¹ Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands. w.hofhuis@erasmusmc.nl

Abstract

Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive smoking on mortality and morbidity in children. It offers paediatricians, obstetricians, specialists in preventive child health care, general practitioners, and midwives an approach to promote smoking cessation in smoking parents before, during, and after pregnancy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child Behavior Disorders / etiology
Child, Preschool
Developmental Disabilities / etiology
Female
Fetal Diseases / etiology*
Humans
Hypersensitivity / etiology
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infections / etiology
Lung Diseases / etiology
Neoplasms / etiology
Obstetric Labor Complications / etiology
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / etiology
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Respiration Disorders / etiology
Sudden Infant Death / etiology
Tobacco Smoke Pollution / adverse effects*

Substances

Tobacco Smoke Pollution