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A new study reveals that infants who are exposed to second hand smoke have cancer-causing chemicals from that smoke in their urine. 
 
Children between the ages of three months and one year, who lived in a home with at least one smoker, had their urine tested by researchers. Almost half tested positive for the substance in question, with a correlation between the amounts found and the number of cigarettes smoked near the child. Furthermore, the levels found in these babies was higher than levels usually seen in adults under similar circumstances. 
 
It is feared that such exposure to smoke may eventually lead to cancer in those exposed. 
 

Infants Show Signs of Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke

Cancer Consultants (press release) - 5/18/2006 5:13 PM

According to a study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, evidence of exposure to a cancer-causing agent can be found in the urine of infants exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
 
Exposure to ETS (also known as second-hand smoke) is the third-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. It is thought to account for roughly 3,000 lung cancer deaths each year, 1,000 of which occur in nonsmokers
 
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