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Mom's Smoking Holds Diabetes Risk for Pregnant Daughters

* Women whose mothers smoked at least moderately while pregnant were more likely to develop gestational diabetes and obesity in adulthood. * Point out that the adjusted odds ratios for obesity were attenuated when the women who were born in 1982 or late
MedPage Today
added May 25, 2013 13:26
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[South America/Caribbean] Cuba Promotes Reducing Children''s Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

Educating the public about the importance of reducing the exposure of children and adolescents to secondhand smoke is a priority in Cuba during a day of activities for World No Tobacco Day. Dr. Elba Lorenzo, national coordinator of the program for preven
Prensa Latina (cu)
added May 24, 2013 04:58
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[Australia] Sex, cigarettes link alleged

A LAUNCESTON man taught his daughter, 7, how to smoke so he could trade cigarettes for sexual favours, a court has heard. The father pleaded guilty to maintaining a sexual relationship with his daughter but denied aspects of the Crown's case.
examiner.com.au
added May 23, 2013 22:09
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Kids Exposed To Secondhand Smoke More Likely To Be Aggressive And Anti-Social

A new study shows a relationship between secondhand smoke exposure and children's aggression and anti-social behavior by age 10.
Medical Daily
added May 23, 2013 13:25
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Dear Abby: Money spent to keep kids from smoking is no bribe

Dear Abby: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother’s creative solution to smoking with bribery ... Oh me, oh my, did I get clobbered for my response to that letter. Out of the hundreds of letters and emails received, only one person agre
Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal
added May 23, 2013 02:41
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[Ireland, UK-Scotland] Smoking in the home 'claims same number of lives as road accidents'

Cigarette smoking in the home is now responsible for as many deaths as road traffic collisions, scientists have revealed. A new Irish-Scottish survey has confirmed children in particular are at major risk from smoking in the home and action is needed to
Irish Independent (ie)
added May 22, 2013 19:55
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[Canada, UK] Babies who breathe second-hand smoke are more likely to be aggressive adults

* Even temporary exposure to passive smoke can cause lasting damage to the brains of children under 10
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added May 22, 2013 12:22
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[Canada, Israel] Secondhand smoke ups kids' antisocial behavior risk

Prof. Alan Apter – head of psychological medicine at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva – said that “I think that this is yet another indication of the hazards of smoke exposure on the developing brain and thus adds to a mass of compellin
Jerusalem Post
added May 22, 2013 08:05
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[Canada] Prospective associations between early long-term household tobacco smoke exposure and antisocial behaviour in later childhood

In comparison with their never exposed peers, children continuously and intermittently exposed to secondhand smoke in childhood showed an increased propensity toward physical aggression and antisocial behaviour by the end of fourth grade. We found no evid
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
added May 21, 2013 15:35
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[Canada] Aggressive behavior linked specifically to secondhand smoke exposure in childhood

Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to
EurekAlert
added May 21, 2013 15:32
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