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Prevent children and pregnant women from exposure to cigarette smoke in the environment are important in the effort to prevent a child from the threat of disease.
A recent study initiated by Frank Bandiera from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (second handsmoke) may increase the risk of children suffering from depression and behavioral disorders, including hyperactivity.
This study strengthens the evidence that children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy has the potential to have problems behavioral disorders. Exposure to cigarette smoke is also associated with other health problems such as respiratory and heart diseases in children.
Bandiera in studies involving about 3,000 children between the ages of 8 to 15 years. Kotinin levels – which was formed after the nicotine is broken down – in the children’s bodies were measured. Children with very high levels kotininnya considered as active smokers, so it is not involved in the study. After considering a number of factors such as age and race, investigators found that boys are exposed to smoke have a tendency to show symptoms of hyperactivity, depression, anxiety and other behavioral disorders. While girls are exposed to smoke only hyperactivity and anxiety symptoms.
Only found in 201 children, or about 7 percent of eligible children who are regarded positively diagnosed with ADHD, 15 other children suffered from depression and 9 positive children experience anxiety disorders
The researchers admit, it is difficult to separate the effects of exposure to cigarette smoke from the condition or disorder caused by pregnant women who smoke during pregnancy.
Bandiera also noted that this study can not prove that exposure to smoke causes mental disorders and behavior. But for now, parents should keep their children from exposure to cigarette smoke.