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Smoking moms endanger kids more than smoking dads do
Children whose mothers smoke have about 4.5 times more cotinine–a nicotine by-product and a marker for nicotine exposure–in their urine than those exposed to secondhand smoke from their fathers, according to a survey recently conducted by a group of researchers.
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