Forbes: Can Secondhand Smoke Lead to Weight Gain?

Avatar photoDenise Parrish1 min readJanuary 29, 2016

Exposure to second-hand smoke is associated with a larger waist and poorer cognition in children, Augusta University researchers say.

“The take-home message is that for these children, smoke exposure was connected to two major adverse health outcomes, one above the neck and one below the neck,” said Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at the Georgia Prevention Institute at the Medical College of Georgia at the university.

Forbes published the results of the study, along with a number of other sites, including Yahoo News, India’s The Daily Pioneer, Business Standard, Tobacco Industry News, News Nation, Australia’s News-Medical.net, and Seattle Indian.

Forbes: Can Secondhand Smoke Lead to Weight Gain?

 

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Denise Parrish is Director of Communications for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement at Augusta University. Contact her to schedule an interview on this topic at 706-721-9760 or mparrish@augusta.edu.

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