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Smoking and Meningitis

Protect Yourself and Your Child's Life, (Don't SMOKE)

 SMOKING~link to meningitis Seven.com.au - Australia
"Children who contract meningitis are 9.1 times more likely ... Children
under the age of five and those aged 15-24 are the most at risk of contracting meningitis. ..
.

http://seven.com.au/news/nationalnews/113935

Smokers' Babies Double Risk of Meningitis

http://www.no-smoking.org/june00/06-12-00-2.html

 

 Pneumococcal Meningitis and Smoking

http://www.meningitis.ca/pneumococcalmeningitis.html

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Second hand smoke and Meningococcal Meningitis/college students

Click here: mm-risks  or

http://www.healthwatcher.net/Meningitis/mm-risks.html

                    Smokers' babies 'risk meningitis' (Study from the UK)k: BBC News | HEALTH | Shttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/786601.stm

Need another reason to lecture your teen about keeping partying to a minimum? Researchers have now linked smoking, second-hand smoke, and binge drinking to an increased chance of contracting deadly bacterial meningitis.

Click here: Avoiding Meningitis  or

http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,21-17926-0-1,00.html

Many Experts believe that smokers and those exposed to second hand smoke, harbor the bacteria that cause some forms of meningitis at a higher rate. 

Research from all over the world has proven that  second hand smoke can cause serious childhood illness including meningitis.

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