️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine, says exposure is as abusive as leaving children unattended in hot car, or drink driving.<unk> Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine, says exposure is as abusive as leaving children unattended in hot car, or drink driving. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine, says exposing children to secondhand smoke is 'as abusive as leaving them unattended in hot car, or drink driving' (Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine, says exposing children to secondhand smoke is 'as abusive as leaving them unattended in hot car, or drinking driving') His controversial opinion piece has been published in the latest issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. In it, he argues that purposefully and repeatedly exposing children to something known to cause cancer in humans would strike many people as child abuse. But what if the substance is secondhand smoke?<unk> he asks. Dr. Goldstein, director of the tobacco intervention programs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, says the damage from smoke is 'as abusive as many other commonly accepted physical and emotional traumas of children.' ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ In the opinion piece, he writes: 'Scientific research over the last decade has increasingly demonstrated that exposure to secondhand smoke is not simply a nuisance; it is deadly. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes multiple diseases in children, including asthma and pneumonia, and results in thousands of avoidable hospitalizations.<unk>Exposure to secondhand smoke causes multiple diseases in children, including asthma and pneumonia, and results in thousands of avoidable hospitalizations. It is a major cause of sudden infant death syndrome and may cause lung cancer and heart attacks with repeated exposure. 'It is a major cause of sudden infant death syndrome and may cause lung cancer and heart attacks with repeated exposure. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ [Therefore], deliberately and recurrently exposing children to secondhand smoke - a known human carcinogen - despite repeated... [Therefore], deliberately and recurrently exposing children to secondhand smoke - a known human carcinogen - despite repeated...
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