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• They Say: You're More Likely to Smoke if Your Mother Did While Pregnant

  In case we needed yet another reason not to smoke--and to harass people who do--here's a new study that shows a four-fold increase in the likelihood of being a smoker at age 22 if your mother smoked during pregnancy and/or your early childhood.Researchers are suggesting that exposure to cigarettes in utero may lead to changes in the brain that put the baby at risk for future nicotine dependence. But the study was not careful enough Read More... Posted May 21 2009, 04:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: pregnancy, smoking, quitting smoking, smoking while pregnant, Shannon LC Cate

• They Say: Crack Babies? Not Such a Big Deal

  One of the big news stories in the 80s and 90s was about crack babies -- kids whose addict moms continued using during pregnancy and after. The babies -- crack babies -- were born with varying amounts of the drugs in their systems. Much hand-wringing (and social-servicing, and child removal) ensued. Researchers have been following a significant number of these babies-now-tweens. What's the one thing these researchers have found in the crack babies that truly surprised them?   Read More... Posted Jan 27 2009, 04:23 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: drinking while pregnant, drug abuse, they say, smoking while pregnant, crack babies

• They Say: Smoking While Pregnant Makes Kids Aggressive

  I thought it was generally acknowledged that it was a bad idea for women to smoke while pregnant. A new study provides another reason: the kids could end up aggressive. The likelihood of aggressive behavior increases if the family makes less than $40,000 per year. This is according to a study conducted by Canadian doctors that was published in the academic journal Development and Psychopathology. Read More... Posted Jan 09 2009, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: pregnancy, news, bullying, bully, babies, behavior, smoking, pregnant, toddlers, Canada, bullies, research, science, studies, hitting, aggression, biting, Brett Singer, they say, aggressive behavior, smoking while pregnant, smokers, kicking, aggressive kids, smoking while pregnant causes aggressive kids, aggressive children, smoker

• Pregnant Soap Star Forced to Smoke

  I think we can all agree that smoking cigarettes during pregnancy is not a good idea. But apparently the people behind the long-running British soap opera "Coronation Street," haven't gotten the memo. Alison King, who stars as Carla on "Street," is being asked to smoke as part of a new storyline that has been developed for her character. The actress and her boyfriend are expecting their first child, and evidently Alison gave up her smoking habit as soon as she discovered she was expecting. Supposedly the producers of the show have agreed to let her smoke herbal cigarettes during her scenes as a substitute for the usual nicotine ones. But a doctor with the British Lung Federation says even herbal cigarettes are potentially harmful because they also contain tar. Read More... Posted Aug 27 2008, 09:27 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: cigarettes, smoking during pregnancy, Jen Chaney, Coronation Street, herbal cigarettes, Alison King, UK soap opera, smoking while pregnant