Children of Smokers Miss More School Days

" As the school year begins for more than 50% of children this week. Researchers are finding that children live with smokers and miss more school days. Than children who live in nonsmokers. Because they get more respiratory illnesses in their homes. 3000 children were study. Secondhand smoke was found to increase ear infections bronchitis and other illnesses while increasing the risk of lung cancer later in life. A separate study though showed fewer kids may be exposed to those dangers because in new report from the CDC shows. Between 2005 in 2010. Smoking went down from Corning point 9%. To nineteen point 3%. Doug you should -- Kathy says -- more than you expected but was not as much of the decrease as the preceding time period. Although we've been successful in the last forty years in cutting smoking and half we really don't wanna wait another forty years. To get down to the point were smoking is just a minor public toughness of the report also found that the majority of smokers are not having as many cigarette two days they used to. While cutting back it's good. This is not nearly as effective as quitting completely. The CDC says the decline may be due to a number of factors education. Higher tobacco prices. Graphic warning labels and bad and indoor smoking. In 2000. No states had such bands in 2010. Half the states do."