Avoid exposing your children to smoke, it raises respiratory disease risk – Physician

Dr. Rahmat Odesesan, a public health physician, has cautioned that using stoves and firewood indoors can put children, particularly those under the age of five, at risk for lung infections and respiratory ailments.

She recommended parents to discontinue the practice and keep their kids away from any smoke of any kind.

According to the doctor who made this revelation in an interview with PUNCH Healthwise, indoor air pollution can cause pneumonia in youngsters.