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Secondhand smoke exposure in children can affect their health negatively. When I ask parents if they smoke and they do, they almost always say…but I smoke outside so it’s okay. Wrong🙅🏽‍♀️ The residue of smoke is still in their clothes and even hair. So my response is…smoke naked and then take a shower when you go back inside the house. Here’s some facts we know about secondhand smoke and children: ✅Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for acute respiratory infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis, middle ear disease, more frequent and severe asthma, respiratory symptoms, and slowed lung growth. ✅Wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath are more common in children exposed to secondhand smoke. ✅Children whose parents smoke around them get more ear infections. They also have fluid in their ears more often and have more operations to put in ear tubes for drainage. ✅Secondhand smoke can trigger an asthma attack in a child. Children with asthma who are around secondhand smoke have more severe and frequent asthma attacks. ✅There is a higher frequency of attacks of tonsillitis requiring antibiotics in those children whose parents smoke in front of them. Let me know if this is helpful and SHARE. FOLLOW @drnosebest Source: CDC