In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column by UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: Children who live with smokers miss more days of school than children living with nonsmokers. The National Health Interview Survey found that children ages 6-11 who lived with smokers were more likely than their peers who lived with nonsmokers to be absent from school because they had ear infections and colds. The likelihood of a child having three or more infections in the previous 12 months increased with the number of household members who smoked and was significantly higher among children who lived with at least two smokers.