Doctors have been warning for years that secondhand smoke leads to many types of illness. , many children around the world live in areas where adults (regular)smoke.
A journal（杂志） (call)Annals of Family Medicine recently published an article, called for (要求) doctors to start treating children's contact to secondhand smoke as abuse. In that case, contact to secondhand smoke would be viewed much like physical abuse or neglect. The author of the article, Dr. Adam Goldstein, is professor at University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He says secondhand smoke(cause) many diseases in children.
The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree that secondhand smoke can cause serious health problems in children. They say that compared to children who grow up in homes smokers, children with parents who smoke have smaller lungs and (many) illnesses.
However, several organizations for smokers' rights in the U. S. say people have the right (权力) (smoke) in their own homes. Dr. Adam Goldstein has warned tobacco companies are trying to avoid and even weaken anti—tobacco laws, and the fight is going to be difficult. But he added, "We should not give up we make sure tobacco industry goes out of business."
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