article_snippet: Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine claims Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine was forced to speak out after caring for 'too many children hospitalised with asthma and pneumonia, caused in large part to their repeated exposure to secondhand smoke'.
article_snippet: But what if the substance is secondhand smoke?,' Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine asks.
article_snippet: Dr Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine comments come after years of caring for children who have suffered severe respiratory illness due to secondhand smoke exposure.
article_snippet: In His controversial opinion piece, Dr Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine writes: 'Scientific research over the last decade has increasingly demonstrated that exposure to secondhand smoke is not simply a nuisance; exposure to secondhand smoke is deadly. '
article_snippet: It is a major cause of sudden infant death syndrome and may cause lung cancer and heart attacks with repeated exposure.
article_snippet: No safe level of exposure exists. '
article_snippet: In the paper, Dr Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine goes on to explain how Dr Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Dr Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine colleagues treated two children of smokers 'at least 10 times over three years'.
article_snippet: Dr Goldstein Dr Goldstein claims Dr Goldstein was forced to speak out after caring for 'too many children hospitalized with asthma and pneumonia, caused in large part to 'too many children hospitalized with asthma and pneumonia, caused in large part to their repeated exposure to secondhand smoke' repeated exposure to secondhand smoke'. '
article_snippet: The key message, Dr Goldstein says, is that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
article_snippet: Dr Goldstein adds that children already suffering from chronic lung illnesses should be protected from ongoing exposure. '