The daily reason not to smoke II
Filed in archive Studies by kevin on August 01, 2005
Women who smoke during pregnancy are nearly twice as likely to have children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(Billingsley, "Smoking in Pregnancy Raises ADHD Risk for Child", Forbes, Aug.1)(ADHD), a new study finds.
"This study serves to underline the fact that women who are pregnant should stop smoking," said lead researcher Dr. Karen Markussen Linnet, a pediatrician at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. "We are not able to make a certain conclusion, but this study points out that there is an association between smoking and ADHD."
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