一项新的研究表明,儿童和十几岁的青少年即使暴露较低剂量的被动吸烟环境,亦可降低其阅读和推理能力测试的评分。据美国俄亥俄州辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心的 Kimberly Yollon 医生报道,美国高达3300万儿童和十几岁的青少年可能暴露于足以影响其阅读能力的被动吸烟环境中,且已成为一个严重的公共卫生问题。 A new study shows that children and teens can reduce their reading and reasoning ability scores even when exposed to lower doses of passive smoking. According to Kimberly Yollon, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, up to 33 million children and teens in the United States may be exposed to passive smoking conditions that affect their reading ability and have become a serious public health problem.