First published: March 7, 2010
Source: SCMP via Reuters
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of second-hand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers have reported.
Their study suggests the damage caused by second-hand tobacco smoke starts
in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years.
“Although previous research has found that passive smoke may be harmful for
adult blood vessels, we did not know until this study that these specific
effects also happen among children and adolescents,” Dr Katariina Kallio of
the University of Turku in Finland, who led the study, says.
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