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Smoking Near Kids Triples Cancer Risk, Study Says
Parents who smoke around their young children more than triple their kids' risk of getting cancer later in life, a new study concludes.

Forbes reports the study found that children exposed to their parents secondhand smoke on a daily basis also have an elevated risk of developing other respiratory problems compared to kids growing up in a smoke-free home. The study looked at 123,000 people in 10 European nations, tracking them for an average of seven years.

Cancer risk was highest among former smokers, as opposed to those who never smoked. Researchers suggested that cumulative exposure to cigarette smoke -- regardless of the source -- raised the risk of getting cancer.

The report appears in the Jan. 28, 2005, issue of the British Medical Journal.

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