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Fact 13
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.
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.
