Passive smoking causes ‘irreversible harm’ to kids

Passive smoking causes “irreversible” damage to children’s arteries, ages their blood vessels by three years, and significantly increases the risk of heart or stroke problems in later life.

A major international study made the claim on national No Smoking Day, backing up cross-party government views on the matter that have been repeatedly stated for over a decade.

New work published in the European Heart Journal based on examinations of thousands of children in Australia, Finland and Tasmania has found regularly being near someone when they smoke is having a devastating effect on children’s long-term health.