Smoking Kills

The U.S. Surgeon General ways more than 20 million Americans have died prematurely from smoking over the past 50 years.  Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.  Women are just as likely as men to die from diseases, such as lung cancer, caused by smoking.  Even though, the rate of smoking is declining, 46 million adults (20% of the population) still smoke, and millions more are exposed to secondhand smoke.

The Surgeon General went on to state that smoking causes or worsens more than a dozen chronic health conditions--lung cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, age-related macular degeneration, migraine and erectile dysfunction.


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Children+Secondhand Smoke=More Illness

Children exposed to secondhand smoke who are hospitalized with influenza have more severe illness.

The Journal of Pediatrics compared children (exposed vs. not exposed) hospitalized between 2002 and 2009. Using intensive care, intubation and length of stay in the hospital as severity indicators, researchers found children with chronic conditions and secondhand smoke exposure required more intensive care and had a longer length of stay (10.0 vs. 3.5 hays) than children not exposed.

In addition, children with SHS exposure were 4.7 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care and had a 70% longer length of stay, even when factors including demographics and the presence of Asthma and Tooth Decay asthma or chronic conditions were eliminated as factors.

Source:  jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(12)00731-7

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Children and Second-hand Smoke

Children Exposed to Smoke

Children exposed to secondhand smoke who are hospitalized with influenza have more severe illness.

compared children (exposed vs. not exposed) hospitalized between 2002 and 2009. Using intensive care, intubation and length of stay in the hospital as severity indicators, researchers found children with chronic conditions and secondhand smoke exposure required more intensive care and had a longer length of stay (10.0 vs. 3.5 hays) than children not exposed.

In addition, children with SHS exposure were 4.7 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care and had a 70% longer length of stay, even when factors including demographics and the presence of or chronic conditions were eliminated as factors. 

Robert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc., Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com 5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309

Find out how Secondhand Smoke Plays into Children's Health! [influenza]

Secondhand Smoke Statistics

Children exposed to secondhand smoke who are hospitalized with influenza have more severe illness. compared children (exposed vs. not exposed) hospitalized between 2002 and 2009. Using intensive care, intubation and length of stay in the hospital as severity indicators, researchers found children with chronic conditions and secondhand smoke exposure required more intensive care and had a longer length of stay (10.0 vs. 3.5 hays) than children not exposed.

In addition, children with SHS exposure were 4.7 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care and had a 70% longer length of stay, even when factors including demographics and the presence of or chronic conditions were eliminated as factors. 

Read more here - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22863259

Robert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc., Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com 5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309