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Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children

W Hofhuis, J C de Jongste and P J F M Merkus

Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Dr W Hofhuis
Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands; w.hofhuis{at}erasmusmc.nl

Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive smoking on mortality and morbidity in children. It offers paediatricians, obstetricians, specialists in preventive child health care, general practitioners, and midwives an approach to promote smoking cessation in smoking parents before, during, and after pregnancy.

Keywords: environmental tobacco smoke; infant; passive smoking; pregnancy

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ETS, environmental tobacco smoke; FEV, forced expiratory volume; SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome

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