Mount Sinai researchers study second-hand marijuana smoke in children

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) In a study designed to evaluate second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children -- a topic that scientists have not yet widely addressed -- researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that nearly half of children whose parents smoked marijuana showed evidence of second-hand marijuana smoke exposure. The study appears in the December issue of Pediatrics.
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