Parents Support Smoke-Exposure Testing for Kids

March 23, 2011 - The Center for Child and Adolescent Health led a study to investigate parents’ attitudes towards testing children for tobacco smoke exposure during pediatric visits. The results indicated that over 60% of parents supported the idea. Such testing could help promote smoke-free homes and encourage parents and family members to quit smoking. “Potentially families where there is a smoker identified, perhaps having objective evidence that it is impacting their children may motivate some families to quit smoking,” said Dr. Jeff Chapman, a pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital.

For more information, please see: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/03/21/parents-support-testing-kids-tobacco-exposure/

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