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Smokers 'make their kids sick' says one expert

(BBC News) UPDATED 2008-03-08

A British doctor says that almost a third of the children he sees each year are sick because of secondhand smoke. Dr. Steve Ryan says that many cases of childhood bronchitis, ear infections, and asthma could be prevented if parents quit smoking. Dr. Ryan says that if parents don't quit smoking, they should at the very least avoid smoking in the car or in the same room with their children. Read full story >

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