"...postneonatal infant mortality rates in the United States are reduced by 21% in breastfed infants."

- American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement, 2005

"All major health authorities now recommend that infants receive no other food or drink besides breast milk for the first 6 months of life (“exclusive breastfeeding”), with continued breastfeeding for at least 1 to 2 years of life, with rare exceptions."

- American Public Health Association, Policy Statement, 2007

"The evidence overwhelmingly supports the recommendation for breastfeeding for almost all mothers and babies."

- American Academy of Family Physicians, Position Statement, 2008

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What is secondhand smoke?

Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from the tip of burning cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. It contains about 4,000 chemicals. Many of these chemicals are dangerous; more than 50 are known to cause cancer. Any time children breathe in secondhand smoke they are exposed to these chemicals.