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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 5 Environmental tobacco smoke |
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| | Children with high exposure to tobacco smoke had a 38% higher rate of middle ear |
| | infection, 9 more days of infection and more prolonged ear infections, than those with |
| | no smoke exposure. Exposure to second hand smoke was responsible for 18% of the |
| | children's annual sick days. |
| | Journal of Respiratory Disease, August 1994, p. 719 |
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| | In children, 8% of cases of otitis media with effusion may be attributable to exposure |
| | to tobacco smoke in the home. |
| | Pediatrics, August 1992, p. 228 |
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| | Having a mother who smokes triples the risk for recurrent otitis media (ear infection) |
| | in babies in the first year of life. |
| | Pediatrics, May 1995, p. 670 |
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| | Children under age three who breathe ETS at home are twice as likely to get |
| | persistent middle ear infections as children who are not exposed. |
| | Time, February 23, 1998, p. 24 |
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| | In a study from Calgary, Alberta, environmental tobacco smoke was an important risk |
| | factor for middle ear disease in preschool age. Children who lived with two smokers |
| | had an 85% higher risk of ear infections compared to children from smoke-free |
| | homes. |
| | Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 152:127, 1998 |
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