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[New Zealand] VIDEO: Bystander Test: Pregnant Smoking (7:44)

Craig Stanaway finds people have no problem offering a light to a pregnant woman.
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
added May 6, 2013 13:06
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Carolyn Hax: Pregnant friend's smoking is a thorny problem

presumably has a doctor or midwife to guide her ongoing effort to stop smoking, and gets so rattled when people bring up her smoking that she possibly smokes more. So, what's your role here? None, unless backing off counts.
Indianapolis (IN) Star
added Apr 23, 2013 15:00
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[Australia and Oceania, New Zealand] 'Sterilise Maori smokers' suggestion causes outrage

A suggestion by a Palmerston North city councillor that Maori women be sterilised to stop them smoking in front of their children has outraged councillors and Maori health advocates. Councillor Bruce Wilson was speaking at the community wellbeing commit
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
added Apr 5, 2013 14:42
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[Philippines] New anti-smoking laws called

Public health advocates called on government on Sunday to impose tough anti-smoking regulations in the country, citing recent findings that mothers who breathe secondhand smoke were likely to have children with behavioral problems.
Manila Standard Today (ph)
added Mar 31, 2013 14:28
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Some Australian women not deterred by risks of smoking while pregnant

ONE in seven Australian women still smoke during pregnancy, despite evidence it puts their baby's health at risk. New national maternity data shows pregnant women in public hospitals were four times more likely to report smoking, compared with private p
Brisbane (QLD) Courier-Mail (au)
added Mar 6, 2013 12:03
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[New Hampshire] EDITORIAL: Cigarette tax boost should be a no-brainer

All this adds up to plenty of motivation to increase New Hampshire's cigarette tax and to receive some financial benefit while improving the air we breathe and the health of more and more Granite Staters.
Foster's Democrat
added Feb 23, 2013 12:36
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[UK] Half 'smoke again after pregnancy'

Of 512 mothers who took part in the study, 47% resumed smoking within six weeks of delivery, according to the study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Nursing Times
added Dec 10, 2012 12:16
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Second-hand smoke increases risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children

A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that second hand smoke and foetal exposure due to maternal smoking while pregnant significantly increase the risk of invasive meningococcal disease.
EurekAlert
added Dec 10, 2012 02:09
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Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Poor Reading Skills in Kids: Study

Mothers with pack-a-day habits may have children who lag behind classmates
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Nov 30, 2012 17:37
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Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine and Impaired Reading Performance

High prenatal nicotine exposure has a negative association with reading performance in school age children. In addition, modeling showed that environmental factors significantly moderated the interaction between prenatal nicotine exposure and reading ski
Journal of Pediatrics
added Nov 21, 2012 12:20
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