Editorial commentary: early exposure, lifelong damage: evidence of cardiac damage from childhood smoking

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dc.contributor.authorRas, Tammy
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-12T10:15:37Z
dc.date.available2026-01-12T10:15:37Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn this issue of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, the review article by Corsi and Agbaje provides up-to-date evidence of the early insults of childhood smoking on the growing heart. The study focuses specifically on the long-term effects of both direct smoking and second-hand smoke exposure on cardiac structure and function. In addition, it addresses a critical public health concern as the prevalence of smoking in childhood and adolescents is becoming a substantial public health concern, where the prevalence has been shown to increase with age, with the majority (60 %) of children continuing to smoke into their early to late adulthood. Adolescents born to smoking mothers are also more likely to initiate smoking as adolescent smoking is associated
dc.identifier.citationRas, T.C., 2025. Editorial commentary: Early exposure, Lifelong damage: Evidence of cardiac damage from childhood smoking. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2025.10.010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/21650
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.subjectChildhood smoking
dc.subjectCardiovascular health
dc.subjectSecond-hand smoke exposure
dc.subjectAdolescent smoking
dc.subjectCardiac structure
dc.titleEditorial commentary: early exposure, lifelong damage: evidence of cardiac damage from childhood smoking
dc.typeArticle

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