Second Hand Smoke...i Need Help!

Here is 2 things you might show your mother:

two new studies support the belief that second-hand smoke harms children. The first report finds second-hand smoke may hurt your child's learning skills. Doctors from cincinatti say that children who are exposed to second-hand smoke score slightly lower on reading, math and reasoning tests. Meanwhile, doctors in north carolina found that babies who are exposed to smoke in the womb have higher rates of abnormal heart rhythms.

Pregnant women exposed to the secondhand smoke of co-workers or family members pass some of the blood-borne chemicals to their unborn babies, researchers say, though babies of smokers have much higher levels of the chemicals.
The study, released this week at a meeting of the american association for cancer research in washington, says the compounds can cause genetic damage and may be a prelude to childhood leukemia and other cancers.
Researchers at the university of louisville studied 410 pregnant women, measuring levels of three tobacco carcinogens in. The mothers and their-newborns - benzo(a)pyrene, which causes lung and skin cancer; 4-aminobiphenyl, which causes bladder cancer; and acrylonitrile, which causes liver cancer.
All three substances attach themselves to hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. The carcinogens continue to circulate through the babies' blood for the life of the red cells -- about four months.
The study found that levels of the three chemicals were four to five times higher in the passive smokers' babies than in the nonsmokers' infants, and they were 10 to 20 times higher in the cigarette smokers' babies.
Infants in the study will be followed for years to see if those exposed to the chemicals have a higher incidence of cancer than nonsmokers' babies.
In a second study presented at the meeting, researchers said cooking beef too long and at high temperatures raises risks of cancer.
Researchers studied nebraskan farmers, 176 with stomach cancer and 503 healthy people, looking at how they cooked red meat. Those who preferred their meat medium, medium-well or well-done are about three times more likely to get stomach cancer than those who ate their beef rare or medium rare.
The reason may be that carcinogens known as heterocyclic amines form when animal protein known as creatinine is heated to high temperatures.

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some facts about children and second-hand smoke
“what is second-hand smoke?”
a smoker draws the “mainstream” smoke into her lungs first. Everyone around her is exposed to “second-hand smoke” – which goes into the air off the burning tip of a cigarette or is exhaled by the smoker. That smoke contains over 4, 000 chemicals. At least 50 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer.

“will second-hand smoke harm my unborn child?”
other people’s smoke can hurt you and your unborn baby in the same way as if you were smoking, yourself. That is why it is really important for the baby’s father, your family and friends not to smoke when they are with you during your pregnancy and after the baby is born.

“are babies and young children hurt by second-hand smoke?”
yes. Second-hand smoke is especially harmful to babies because their lungs are still developing. Children who live with smokers have an increased risk of many breathing problems, such as bronchitis and asthma, as compared to children who live with non-smokers. They are also more likely to get ear infections, colds and throat infections.

“what other effects does smoking have on children?”
cigarettes are the main cause of house fire deaths for chidden and adults. Children also look up to the adults they live with. If they see adults smoking, they are more likely to take up smoking, too.

My question is, if you have asthma and live with your parents, why aren't they responsible enough to at least smoke outside?
Now that you are pregnant that is even more immature.

U would think that they would at least go outside, but my parents are the type to think that nothing bad will happen, that they're always right, and they're stubborn. I know its a stupid excuse , but thats just how they are.