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Fact 40
Parents who smoke and have asthmatic children
often underestimate the amount of secondhand smoke to which their children are
exposed. Healthcare providers treating children with asthma should first ask
about parental smoking, then offer cessation options to smokers.
often underestimate the amount of secondhand smoke to which their children are
exposed. Healthcare providers treating children with asthma should first ask
about parental smoking, then offer cessation options to smokers.
Source: Farber, Harold J. et al. Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Children with Asthma: Sources of and Parental Perceptions About Exposure in Children and Parental Readiness To Change. Chest. 2008; 133:1367-1374.
