BMJ 2003;327 (2 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7409.0
The best way to protect infants is to ban smoking in the home
Banning smoking in the home had a small but significant effect in reducing infants' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and less strict strategies have no effect. In a cross sectional survey in two British cities, Blackburn and colleagues (p 257) examined the measures used by parents who smoked to protect their infants from exposure to tobacco smoke in the home. Though most parents used harm reduction strategies such as keeping windows open and avoiding smoking near the baby, the authors found—by testing urinary cotinine to creatinine ratios in the infants—that only banning smoking made a difference.
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