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 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 ...

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 ...

Ninety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to research presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers in Cancer ...

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 ...