If you need more proof, to STOP SMOKING NOW, especially if you're pregnant... well, here you go.
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, reports, that smoking during pregnancy considerably increases the risk of having a child with behavioral problems.
This is noticeable in children as young as three years old.
According to this study, 44 percent of mothers who were considered 'light smokers' were more likely to have boys who had problems with their conduct.
Those considered 'heavy smokers' were 80 percent more likely to have boys with these problems!
More than 14,000 mother and child pairs took part in the Millennium Cohort Study.
It was based study of UK children born between 2000 and 2001, from families receiving child benefit.
Mothers were categorized into light and heavy smokers, depending on how many cigarettes they smoked every day during pregnancy.
We already know numerous health consequences of a child's exposure to maternal smoking have been demonstrated, including increased rates of low birth weight, infant mortality, respiratory infections, asthma, and modest impairments of cognitive development.
What do you think?
Have you ever said something to a woman who was smoking while pregnant?
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, reports, that smoking during pregnancy considerably increases the risk of having a child with behavioral problems.
This is noticeable in children as young as three years old.
According to this study, 44 percent of mothers who were considered 'light smokers' were more likely to have boys who had problems with their conduct.
Those considered 'heavy smokers' were 80 percent more likely to have boys with these problems!
More than 14,000 mother and child pairs took part in the Millennium Cohort Study.
It was based study of UK children born between 2000 and 2001, from families receiving child benefit.
Mothers were categorized into light and heavy smokers, depending on how many cigarettes they smoked every day during pregnancy.
We already know numerous health consequences of a child's exposure to maternal smoking have been demonstrated, including increased rates of low birth weight, infant mortality, respiratory infections, asthma, and modest impairments of cognitive development.
What do you think?
Have you ever said something to a woman who was smoking while pregnant?








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