Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Doubles Risk of Neurobehavioral Disorders Among Children

Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk of developing neurobehavioral disorders, such as learning disabilities, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other behavioral/conduct disorders. Through recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers were able to determine that children under the age of 11 who lived in a home where someone smoked were more the twice as likely to develop a neurobehavioral disorder than children who were not exposed to secondhand smoke. In general, the CDC data showed that of all the children exposed to secondhand smoke, boys, children . . .