Clearing the Air: Children's Respiratory Risks Associated with Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Alabama Nurse,  Jun-Aug 2005  by Turner-Henson, Anne

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* Smoking Cessation Programs in Alabama: http:// www.adph.org/tobacco/Default.asp?TemplateNb r=0&DeptID=109&TemplateId=533

* Resources by Public Health Regions: http:// www.adph.org/tobacco/Default.asp?TemplateNb r=0&DeptID=109&TemplateId=844

* Tobacco policies for individual communities: http://www.adph.org/tobacco/admin/Default.asp? action=policy

* Centers for Disease Control (CDC):Online Tool Kit, http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ETS Toolkit/index.htm

* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Smoke-Free Home Pledge, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ets/

* National Cancer Institute (NCI): http://www.nci.nih. gov/cancertopics/tobacco

* National Health Blood and Lung Institute (NHLBI): http://hm.nhlbi.nih.gov/joinhin/news/8 7bltn.htm

* National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel (NAEPP): http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/ naepp slds/menu.htm#epr2

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Hovell, M.F., Wahlgren, D.R., Zakarian, J.M. & Matt, G.E. (2001). Reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: A review and recommendations. In R.R. Watson & M. Witten, Eds., Environmental tobacco smoke (pp. 145-176). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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Anne Turner-Henson RN, DSN

Professor, UAB School of Nursing

Birmingham, AL

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