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They Say: Smoking While Pregnant Makes Kids Aggressive

Posted by on January 9th, 2009 at 10:00 am

The East London borough of Redbridge says that smokers will no longer be allowed to be foster parentsI 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.

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