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Vol. III, No. 4, April 2004


  1. What Makes Space Work? (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article101.shtml#article)
  2. What Makes Outdoor Sand Play Work? (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article102.shtml#article)
  3. Wiring Could Pose Lead Risk (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article103.shtml#article)
  4. Passive Smoking Is a Threat to Children (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article104.shtml#article)
  5. Resource Guide on Children's Environmental Health (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article105.shtml#article)
  6. Recent Projects (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article106.shtml#article)
  7. Early Childhood Facilities Design Institute Remains a Bargain (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article107.shtml#article)

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Passive Smoking Is a Threat to Children

Most state child care regulations prohibit smoking in the presence of children in care, yet new research on the risk of passive smoking shows that children may not need be present when the adult is smoking to be at risk. Recent studies have shown that nicotine, the main ingredient of secondhand smoke, can still be detected in the dust and air inside homes of smokers who go outside to smoke. Children in such homes have up to eight times more nicotine in their bodies than the offspring of non-smokers, according to the journal Tobacco Control.

Although the levels are still quite low, they might possibly build up over time potentially creating a problem for children who are asthmatic or allergic to smoke. Cigarette fumes probably become lodged on the hair and clothes of child care workers as they smoke outside the building. Then the particles might possibly be brought inside where they settle in dust or hang in the air. Contaminated dust can settle on toys, carpets and bedding and may remain for months, which can be a real health hazard to infants and young children.

You might want to revisit your center's no smoking policy and your employee selection criteria.

Vol. III, No. 4, April 2004


  1. What Makes Space Work? (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article101.shtml#article)
  2. What Makes Outdoor Sand Play Work? (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article102.shtml#article)
  3. Wiring Could Pose Lead Risk (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article103.shtml#article)
  4. Passive Smoking Is a Threat to Children (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article104.shtml#article)
  5. Resource Guide on Children's Environmental Health (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article105.shtml#article)
  6. Recent Projects (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article106.shtml#article)
  7. Early Childhood Facilities Design Institute Remains a Bargain (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ 2004/ 04/ article107.shtml#article)

[ Index of Previous eNewsletters (www.whitehutchinson.com/ news/ learnenews/ previous.shtml) ]



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