Just Ten Minutes in a Car With a Smoker Boosts Harmful Pollutants by Up to Thirty Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121121210338.htm

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2012) — Just 10 minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30%, reveals research published online in Tobacco Control.

Pollutant levels exceeded those found in restaurants, bars, and casinos, the study showed.

Children are very vulnerable to the effects of second hand smoke, because most of this occurs in cars and private homes -- locations not covered by outright public bans on smoking -- say the authors.

-----