Jump to full article: icWales, 2004-07-01
Author: The Western Mail
Intro: A GENETIC defect in genes responsible for detoxifing environmental tobacco smoke could increase the risk of childhood asthma from passive smoking, research today reveals.
The new study by German scientists comes after the British Medical Association renewed its calls for a UK-wide ban on smoking in public places to protect people's health from a number of diseases and conditions, including asthma.
Non-smokers are 36 times more likely to develop fatal lung cancers when they work for long-periods in smokey atmospheres, the BMA's annual meeting in Llandudno heard.
The latest research into the link between passive smoking and asthma, which is published today in the journal Thorax, adds further evidence to the mountain of research which supports comprehensive restrictions on smoking.
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