How does second-hand smoke affect babies and children?

Babies and children of parents who smoke are more likely to:
- weigh less than normal at birth
- get sick more often than other babies
- die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- have breathing problems like wheezing and coughing
- develop ear infections
- have chronic lung disease when they’re older
- develop asthma, and their asthma will be worse
- do less well in school, particularly in reading and math