Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Babies


	Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Babies

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11-21-2007 1:11 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f10aab2a-9678-400c-a32c-d0273573608f/B90F67D0-3DCA-4647-9270-383215879471/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt" href="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt" style="font-size: 11px;">www.timesonline.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt"><H1>No more delays</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt"><DIV>As the Legislature continues to drag its heels on banning indoor smoking in public places, the evidence continues to pile up about the impact of second-hand smoke.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt"><DIV>Reuters Health reports researchers at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, measured the amount of cotinine, which may harm the heart and blood vessels by boosting both blood pressure and pulse, in the urine of 71 infants with smoking parents and 33 infants with non-smoking parents when the infants were just 10 to 12 weeks old.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt"><DIV>On average, cotinine levels were 5.58 times higher in infants who had at least one smoking parent compared with infants whose parents did not smoke, the news service reported.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/editorials/doc473df1a194eee188617437.txt"><SPAN>How much more evidence do state lawmakers need before they do something about second-hand smoke and indoor smoking in public places? There can be no more delays. Lives are in the balance.</SPAN><BR /></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B90F67D0-3DCA-4647-9270-383215879471/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>