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Passive smoking may promote depression in children and adolescents

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Passive smoking may promote depression in children and adolescents

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Effects of passive smoking in children

During a psychiatric examination, patients are asked, among other things, whether they smoke cigarettes. However, a study conducted on schoolchildren in Montreal suggests that perhaps they should also be asked about exposure to secondhand smoke - researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Synai and Kravis Children's Hospital in New York argue that secondhand smoke may increase the risk of depression in children.

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