Adolescents may have more in common with their smoking parents than previously thought. These adolescents may also share a tendency to act impulsively, a trait that could be linked to a decision to ...

Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoking, both because they are small and still growing and because they're often a "captive audience" for tobacco smoke. Now, ...

Pesticides used in food, tobacco and marijuana production are placing children and smokers in potential risk, a study has found. Farmers across the world use pesticides to keep bugs and weeds at bay ...

Ninety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to new research. Ninety percent of children who lived in a ...

Children of heavy smokers may not be getting the treatment for asthma that they need, suggests research in Thorax. Passive smoking is a major cause of respiratory illness among children. But the ...

Children may have significant levels of nicotine on their hands, even if their parents don't smoke around them, a study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical Center and San Diego University ...

HONG KONG: Smokers, obese people and children under the age of six are now classified as high-risk groups of A (H1N1) influenza and will be given Tamiflu once they appear with flu-like symptoms. The ...

First of its kind research in Israel by the Sackler Medical School of Tel Aviv University uncovers concerning data about secondhand smoking by children of smokers: According to the study, 70% of ...