Patient's question:
What are the hazards of infants inhaling secondhand smoke?Doctor's answer:
Exposure to secondhand smoke can lead to childhood malignant tumors, with sufficient evidence indicating that children exposed to secondhand smoke before and after birth can develop leukemia, lymphoma, and brain malignant tumors. It increases the risk of lower respiratory tract infections in children, making them more prone to bronchitis, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia, with the incidence rate being proportional to the father's smoking level. It can easily affect a baby's appetite, and when a baby associates eating with smoking, it may lead to anorexia. It affects intellectual development.