Myth: Children aren't affected by secondhand smoke. It's okay to smoke in the presence of your kids so long as you don't blow the smoke in their face and open a window. The same goes for smoking around your pregnant partner, or a pregnant friend. Have you ever heard this rationalization for smoking around expecting mothers, infants, and small children? If you have … [Read more...] about Dangers of Secondhand Smoke Around Children
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Mother’s Who Smoke Subject Babies to Higher Systolic Blood Pressure
There was a study that took place in the Netherlands. This study was of 456 infants. It showed that, by age 2 months, babies born to mothers who smoked had higher systolic blood pressures as compared to those whose mothers didn't smoke. Those babies of non-smokers weren't exposed to smoke during pregnancy. Our findings indicate maternal smoking during pregnancy … [Read more...] about Mother’s Who Smoke Subject Babies to Higher Systolic Blood Pressure
Maternal Smoking Increases Risk of Stillbirths
If all pregnant women in the United States stopped smoking, stillbirths would be reduced by 11 percent and newborn deaths would be reduced by 5 percent. This smoking statistic is according to the U.S. Public Health Service. Cigarette smoking not only passes nicotine on to the growing fetus, it also prevents up to 25 percent of the oxygen from reaching the … [Read more...] about Maternal Smoking Increases Risk of Stillbirths
Smoking Link to Cot Death Underestimated by Majority 0f Parents
Seventy per cent of parents are not aware of the extent of the cot death risk posed by smoking in the home. A poll(1), conducted for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) during the first two weeks of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, found that 70 percent of parents of young children (aged 0-3) either significantly underestimated or did not know … [Read more...] about Smoking Link to Cot Death Underestimated by Majority 0f Parents
Will the Cycle Be Broken
...be unbroken... Oh how I pray it will be broken! To understand my meaning, you need to know a little about me. Who I am, where I am, why I am here. I'm a 50-something grandmother who finally found a way to overcome this addiction a year and 8 weeks ago. Growing up, it wasn't a question of if you would start smoking, but when. The same was true for my mom. I … [Read more...] about Will the Cycle Be Broken
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