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• More Pregnant Women in Developing Countries are Smoking

  Here's a stat to depress the heck out of you: in some developing countries, more than 3/4 of pregnant women have tried cigarettes. Reuters reports on a study released by the National Cancer Institute's Tobacco Control Research Branch. 8,000 women... Read More... Posted Feb 29 2008, 03:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: pregnancy, news, smoking in pregnancy, second hand smoke, developing world

• Pollution is as Bad for Kids as Secondhand Smoke

  Let's talk about ways to lower kids' IQs: one thing that works pretty well is smoking in utero, and another is exposing them to lead. And still another is simply living in a high traffic-pollution area. Ouch. Sad-but-true: kids living in high-traffic areas rife with pollution were measured IQ-wise, and the resultant IQ drops were consistent with those found in kids exposed to secondhand or in utero smoking or lead exposure. Read More... Posted Feb 16 2008, 12:34 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, urban living, IQ, cities, pollution, lead exposure, smoking in pregnancy

• Pregnant? Don't Smoke if You Want to Be a Grandma Someday

  Okay, so maybe you're not all that anxious to be a grandparent yet, and I can't blame you, but you'd like to think those future generations are at least possible, right? It turns out that if you're pregnant and you smoke, or if youre pregnant and you used to smoke, or if you're breastfeeding and you smoke, then the fertility of your daughter may be in jeopardy. Damn. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2007, 03:47 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, smoking, mice, smoking in pregnancy, future generations