Infants Exposed to Smoking at Risk of Lung Cancer

New parents who smoke are putting their infants in danger because secondhand smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals, a new study found.

These carcinogens were found in urine samples from nearly half of the infants of parents who smoked, the researchers said.

"There were detectable levels of a lung carcinogen that comes from cigarette smoke in the urine of these infants," said lead author Stephen S. Hecht, a professor at the University of Minnesota, and Wallin Chair of Cancer Prevention at The Cancer Center at the school...more