Health Tip: Secondhand Smoke Puts Babies at Risk

(HealthDay News) -- Babies are particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, researchers have found.

The University of Michigan Health System says secondhand smoke makes babies more prone to:

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
• Asthma.
• Decreased lung function.
• Pneumonia and bronchitis.
• Sinus problems.
• Ear infections.