The State’s Department of Health and Hospitals report that nearly 300,000 and 100,000 children below 18 and 5 years respectively regularly share breathing space with smokers in their respective homes. The exposure to secondhand smoke poses several health risks to children including the risk of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS), which is twice as much in a household or home with a smoking parent. This exposure causes nearly 2 million incidents of chronic middle ear infection on an annual basis and close to 500,000 incidents of bronchitis and nearly 200,000 cases of pneumonia in children below 5 years on a national annual basis. The increased rates of various clinical conditions among Louisiana children are attributed to the fact that secondhand smoke is the leading source of indoor air pollution since it contains approximately 5,000 chemical
The State’s Department of Health and Hospitals report that nearly 300,000 and 100,000 children below 18 and 5 years respectively regularly share breathing space with smokers in their respective homes. The exposure to secondhand smoke poses several health risks to children including the risk of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS), which is twice as much in a household or home with a smoking parent. This exposure causes nearly 2 million incidents of chronic middle ear infection on an annual basis and close to 500,000 incidents of bronchitis and nearly 200,000 cases of pneumonia in children below 5 years on a national annual basis. The increased rates of various clinical conditions among Louisiana children are attributed to the fact that secondhand smoke is the leading source of indoor air pollution since it contains approximately 5,000 chemical