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