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Smoking Can Lead to Absenteeism

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Children living with a smoker miss more days of school.

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" Children living with a smoker miss more days at school then militants smoke free homes according to a new study. Researchers say these children also have higher rates of respiratory illnesses often caused by secondhand smoke. -- over 3000 children and analyzed in this study those living with one smoker were out in an average of one or more days per year than those in nonsmoking homes while -- living with one or two more smokers missed one and a half more days. Secondhand smoking has been shown to increase the number of ear infection and upper respiratory conditions in children."

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