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Smoking during pregnancy, and smoking in the home where children live, are both serious health problems according to a recent study. 
 
Mothers who smoke when pregnant have babies with 30-40% higher risk of poor lung function, and the effect can last as long as 12 years. 
 
Second hand smoke in the home is itself a risk factor for lung disease, and the study shows that many children are exposed to this risk - more than half the children in this particular study. 
 
While public health efforts are addressing smoking in public places, smoking at home is of course not regulated.

Parental smoking still a threat to kids' lungs

Reuters.uk - 6/20/2006 9:33 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new international study of more than 20,000 children confirms that exposure to cigarette smoke before and after birth impairs their lung function, and that parental smoking remains a serious public health issue.
 
The effects of smoking during pregnancy last up to age 12, while exposure to cigarette smoking after birth further worsens lung function, Dr. Manfred A. Neuberger of the Medical University in Vienna, one of the study's authors, told Reuters Health
 
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