Smoking in front of children is very common in India and other countries particularly in rural or urban setup where parents smoke usually in front of their children, infants while playing with them or doing their own activity at home where due to less space, children come in their contact or in working place where their own or other children too are working in their vicinity, most. The research team interviewed 65 parents and found many false assumptions and a lack of awareness of where and when the children were exposed to cigarette smoke.
Parents who smoke in front of their kids are more likely to believe that there is no presence of tobacco smoke in the air. However, they may be wrong as the dangers of second-hand smoking might still affect the young ones, finds a study.The study, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, stated that parents who smoke mistakenly rely on…
