Secondhand Smoke Exposure Doubled Asthmatic Kids' Hospital Readmissions

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A study of more than 600 asthmatic children at one Ohio hospital found that if the kids’ saliva tested positive for markers of nicotine exposure, the children were about twice as likely to be readmitted over the next year for breathing issues. Dina Fine Maron reports

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