Children exposed to tobacco smoke at home are up to three times more likely to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as unexposed kids, according to a new study from Spain.
The association was stronger for kids with one or more hours of secondhand smoke exposure every day, the authors found. And the results held when researchers accounted for parents’ mental health and other factors.
“We showed a significant and substantial dose–response association between (secondhand smoke) exposure in the home and a higher frequency of global mental problems,” the authors write in Tobacco Control.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two of every five children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke regularly.
Childhood ADHD Linked to Secondhand Smoking
Smoking brings several kinds of negative health problems for us and also for people surrounding to us. Medically it was provided that smoking is link with several diseases like heart attacks, lung cancer and other related diseases. Therefore experts are always advice to skip smoking for a good health; here in this article we have found some link in between smoking and childhood ADHD; I hope we should learn some important instruction from here.