Secondhand smoke tied to kids' poor mental health

[xg4bx]

Kids who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to struggle with mental health problems, suggests a large new study of British children.

The findings add urgency in the push for parents to put away their cigarettes for good, or at least smoke outside of the home, researchers say. However, it's still unclear if tobacco fumes actually take a toll on children's brains, or if something else is at play.

"We know that exposure to secondhand smoke is associated with a lot of physical health problems in children, although the mental health side has not been explored," lead researcher Mark Hamer, of University College London, told Reuters Health in an e-mail.



so they really don't know for sure but blame cigs anyway....that's some good science right there.


"Genetics could also be at play, or simply the knowledge that smoke is harmful could be a downer for kids forced to breathe a lot of it every day."

classic. "i behave poorly because smoking makes me sad".

does this b.s. know no bounds?



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101208...pY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDc2Vjb25kaGFuZHNt

 

[maxx]

I just conducted a study myself. It only took 5 minutes of research and didn't cost a single penny....

Anti-smoking advocates are part of the general population. Roughly 5% of the general population are pedophiles. Therefore....5% of anti-smoking advocates are pedophiles. I plan to to write up the results of my study and title it, "Link discovered between anti-smoking advocacy and pedophilia"


That's pretty much how this bunch did their study, so why not. If I did it at a university, I could probably get a quick $100,000 for my trouble.....

 

[pianoguy]

What a load of BS - if that were true, half of the country would've been institutionalized decades ago.

 

[pianoguy]

I just conducted a study myself. It only took 5 minutes of research and didn't cost a single penny....

Anti-smoking advocates are part of the general population. Rughly 5% of the general population are pedophiles. Therefore....5% of anti-smoking advocates are pedophiles. I plan to to write up the results of my study and title it, "Link discovered between ant-smoking advocacy and pedophilia"

That's pretty much how this bunch did their study, so why not. If I did it at a university, I could probably get a quick $100,000 for my trouble.....

Bwahahahaha - bravo!

 

[MoonRose]

It couldn't possibly be all the additives that are in our food and water or all the toxic fumes coming from gas and diesel guzzling vehicles that could be causing this so called "brain rot" in kids ... no, it has to be cigarette smoke.

 

[Vocalek]

It couldn't possibly be all the additives that are in our food and water or all the toxic fumes coming from gas and diesel guzzling vehicles that could be causing this so called "brain rot" in kids ... no, it has to be cigarette smoke.

Yup. And it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that adults struggling with mental health issues (or attention problems or chronic pain/fatigue) of their own have a much higher rate of smoking than those who don't have such problems, and that such health issues tend to run in families, now could it?

Or might not have anything to do with the fact that a higher percentage of smokers are lower income and that financial problems tend to trigger mental health issues in families? Naaah. None of those things are true.

 

[ScottB]

When zealots are trying to make a point, their Number 1 rule is:

Do not let the facts get in the way of publication.

 

[Crumpet]

When it comes to kids, the antis and many others don't think it is necessary to substantiate these kinds of claims. If there is even a fraction of an iota of a possibility that it might harm da childruuuuun, it needs to be banned. Period.

 

[MoonRose]

I say we call for a ban on the antis, they are causing undo harm to the chillin's.

 

[rothenbj]

At some point society may find the need to separate those that are affecting the overall health and welfare of said society. It has now been scientifically established that the unwashed minority of tobacco consumers have profound negative impact on both the physiology and mental health of the masses of good American society, henceforth to be known as the Ameryan race, a far superior people that are being diseased by the sub-humans known as tobacco users.

The first step is to insure that they stay out of the view of all good Ameryans is by separating them both indoor and out from these defective, sub-humans. The rest of the ultimate solution is, as they say, history.

 

[maxx]

Aha......turns out it wasn't second-hand smoke. It was boobies all along....LOL

Breastfed Kids May Get Higher Test Scores

 

[Vocalek]

Aha......turns out it wasn't second-hand smoke. It was boobies all along....LOL

Breastfed Kids May Get Higher Test Scores

But as it turns out, the effect only works on boys. Hmmmm......

 

[maxx]

Yeah...I noticed the males effect part too....

It just goes to show you how useless some of these second-hand smoke studies are. They cannot account for....not even close....all other variables. I am certain that the smoke study people didn't even think, in their wildest dreams, that breast-feeding might be a variable in their smoke study. Yet this study says they would have to account for it.

But as we all know....most of the studies are rigged anyway. The researchers already know what they want to say, long before a test subject walks through the door.

 

[rothenbj]

Yeah...I noticed the males effect part too....

It just goes to show you how useless some of these second-hand smoke studies are. They cannot account for....not even close....all other variables. I am certain that the smoke study people didn't even think, in their wildest dreams, that breast-feeding might be a variable in their smoke study. Yet this study says they would have to account for it.

But as we all know....most of the studies are rigged anyway. The researchers already know what they want to say, long before a test subject walks through the door.

Everyone knows that we boys are more content and alert when breastfeed. It's a chronic disease I believe. Where's the FDA demanding studies to prove "safe and effective" when you need them? Just don't ban them waiting for approval.

 

[PlanetScribbles]

My mother and father smoked like troopers all their life and I am not mentally deficient. Complete horse crap to pursue an anti-smoking agenda.
Thing is that I actually agree with people quitting, just not by lies and deceit

 

[PlanetScribbles]

I just conducted a study myself. It only took 5 minutes of research and didn't cost a single penny....

Anti-smoking advocates are part of the general population. Roughly 5% of the general population are pedophiles. Therefore....5% of anti-smoking advocates are pedophiles. I plan to to write up the results of my study and title it, "Link discovered between anti-smoking advocacy and pedophilia"


That's pretty much how this bunch did their study, so why not. If I did it at a university, I could probably get a quick $100,000 for my trouble.....

That made me chuckle. But the analogy is true. Stats can be twisted to make a mis-truth appear true.

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

Second-hand smoke made me and my kids geniuses.



35 year collective study done by myself...free of charge.

 

[Godzilla]

My wife's parents never smoked, and my wife is a total basket case. Explain that one.

 

[Petrodus]

My wife's parents never smoked, and my wife is a total basket case. Explain that one.

Can't explain that one.
However, I would guess the "basket case" is NOT an ECF member.

 

[Godzilla]

Can't explain that one.
However, I would guess the "basket case" is NOT an ECF member.

Real good guess Petro. She still prefers analogs. Honey, if you ever find this post, I was only kidding.