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Report links smoking mothers to cot death 

NINE out of ten mothers who lose a baby to cot death are smokers, a new study has concluded.

The comprehensive study, carried out at Bristol University's Institute of Child Life and Health, reviewed existing evidence from numerous studies on smoking and cot death.

Professor Peter Fleming, the co-author of the report, entitled "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Parental Smoking", said: "What we have been trying to do is look at the whole impact of exposure, both before and after birth, to smoking and its adverse effects."

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