PIPER SLAMMED FOR SMOKING NEAR SON
British actress BILLIE PIPER has sparked outrage amongst anti-smoking cam paigners after she was pictured lighting up while holding her young son.
The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star was photographed puffing on a ciga rette as she sat with her 21-month old son Winston in a pub garden in Lon don this week (beg19Jul10).
The images, which showed the tot apparently close to a cloud of smoke, have infuriated health advocates, who are adamant that exposure to tobacc o fumes puts children’s health at risk.
Amanda Sandford, of campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), tells WENN, "There is no doubt that second hand smoke harms children and it is inappropriate to be smoking while holding a child… Second hand sm oke seriously damages a child’s health, raising the risk of asthma, bronc hitis and chronic ear infections. The second reason is that the more a ch ild sees adults around them, the more likely they are to try smoking them selves as they get older. Parents who quit smoking are therefore not only doing themselves a favour but their children will benefit too." (LR/WN/Z
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