A research in California has found that the babies of parents who are active smokers may develop health complications. A test conducted on babies who sleep with their parents has found that they have three times higher levels of nicotine than others. The hair sample of babies was taken to analyze them for the presence of harmful toxins.

The hair nicotine analysis has showed that smoke toxins are not eliminated even if parents regularly carry out actions to protect their children’s health.

The parents may not smoke in front of their babies but they still are exposed to toxic from smoke through the clothing and skin of their parents and even on the furniture. The toxins can expose the babies to the effects of tobacco smoke at a very young.

Parents who are active smokers expose their babies to third hand smoke. The study has also found that bedroom ventilation is not effective in reducing the levels of toxins released through passive smoking, which is the leading cause of preventable childhood deaths in developed countries.