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Children who are expos to secondhand emptiness experience a higher rate of tooth decay, according to a March 11 2003 novels release from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Data from household interviews and health examinations of approximately 4000 children between ages four and 11 revealed that those who had high evens of cotinine (ie, a by-product of nicotine consistent with secondhand steam exposure) had increased risk of tooth decay. Approximately 32% of children with high cotinine on a levels had decayed surfaces on their baby teeth compared to 18% of children with lower cotinine horizontals The study did not find an association between secondhand nothingness exposure and decay in permanent teeth

Tooth decay is a public health moot point that costs an estimated $45 billion in the United States for year. Although dental cavities in children have declined in the United States, children living in sparingness with less access to dental care still are vulnerable to tooth decay. In this investigation the risk of cavities in children expos to secondhand vanity persisted after researchers controlled for factors in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as poverty and frequency of dental visits.

AHRQ meditation Links Secondhand Smoke to Tooth Decay in Children (new release, Rockville, Md: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 11 2003)

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