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Quitting Smoking In Pregnancy Boosts Chances Of Easygoing Child  -  Mar 13, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2008) — Giving up smoking during pregnancy may boost the chances of giving birth to an easy going child, indicates research in the

Stopping Smoking in Pregnancy Produces Relaxed Babies  -  Mar 20, 2008
Vhi.ie,Giving up smoking during pregnancy increases the chances of having an easy going child with a regular sleeping pattern, new research suggests.

'Stop smoking in pregnancy for more relaxed babies'  -  Mar 12, 2008
Independent,By Jeremy LauranceHealth Editor Women who give up smoking in pregnancy have more relaxed children, research suggests. At nine months, children of women who

One in eight women smokes during pregnancy despite health risks to ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Daily Mail,At 11 per cent Britain has one of the highest rates for smoking in pregnancy in Europe. Health care workers say they are struggling to get the dangers of

Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Cheery Child  -  Mar 13, 2008
MedPage Today,Consistent with this, compared with pregnancy smokers, women who quit smoking in pregnancy had a better general capacity to function, including more

Give up smoking to have happier baby: study  -  Mar 13, 2008
Hindu,..."Consistent with this, women who quit smoking in pregnancy have better general functioning, including more sustained relationships, more skillfulness in use

Quit smoking for a relaxed baby  -  Mar 13, 2008
NHS Choices,...“Women who give up smoking in pregnancy have more relaxed children�, The Independent reports today. It and other newspapers describe a recently published

Give up smoking and you'll have a healthier and happier baby  -  Mar 12, 2008
Daily Mail,..."Women who are strongly motivated to give up smoking in pregnancy are very positive about the decision and the outcomes for the baby," she said.

Quit smoking training overlooks GPs says tobacco control ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
New Zealand Doctor Online,...“We need to make sure all our training in terms of managing smoking in pregnancy emphasises the goal of quitting,� Dr Bloomfield says.

Rising tobacco use among young girls in developing countries  -  Mar 9, 2008
MyNews.in,Experts say smoking in pregnancy can also cause sudden infant death syndrome after the baby is born. Greater female autonomy and changes in women's roles

Healthier babies for non-smokers  -  Mar 14, 2008
York Press,But this is the first time that smoking in pregnancy has been shown to have an impact on the baby's mental health. The University of York study assessed the

Researchers Conduct First Global Study of Pregnant Women's ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
Voice of AmericaExperts say smoking in pregnancy can also cause sudden infant death syndrome after the baby is born. Linda Wright is Scientific Director of the Global

Pregnant mums who quit have calmer kids  -  Mar 13, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,By RUTH HILL - The Dominion Post | Friday, 14 March 2008 Babies born to women who quit smoking in pregnancy are better behaved than the children of heavy

Smoking and pre-eclampsia  -  Feb 26, 2008
News-Medical.net,Professor Broughton Pipkin said: "Although a recent article suggested that smoking in pregnancy is less damaging to the unborn baby than commonly supposed,

Gulf in health between rich and poor widens under Labour government  -  Mar 14, 2008
Times Online,...such as under-18 conceptions, deaths in road traffic accidents, the number of GPs per 100000 people, smoking prevalence and smoking in pregnancy,

Smoke warning for pregnant women  -  Mar 15, 2008
Isle of Man Today,This was the message the Stop Smoking in Pregnancy service, based at Noble's Hospital, want to spread. On Wednesday, which was No Smoking Day,

Mothers who smoke risk having ‘difficult’ children  -  Mar 12, 2008
Metro,...'As women who quit smoking in pregnancy are exposing their unborn infants to some degree, and as many will subsequently relapse and expose their infants to

Smoking during pregnancy can put mums and babies at risk  -  Feb 18, 2008
HULIQ,Professor Broughton Pipkin said: “Although a recent article suggested that smoking in pregnancy is less damaging to the unborn baby than commonly supposed,

2008/02/15 - New research downplays impact of smoking in pregnancy  -  Feb 16, 2008
Kiddicare,The findings also indicate that smoking effect women from poorer backgrounds the worst, because it is usually combined with other unhealthy activities such

Link Between Smoking In Pregnancy And Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ...  -  Feb 3, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2008) — A new study sheds light on the relationship between women who smoke while pregnant--or are exposed to second-hand smoke--and

Damage to unborn baby from smoking ‘negligible’ in the first five ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
Times Online,Smoking in pregnancy is far less damaging to the unborn baby than commonly supposed, detailed analysis suggests. If women give up smoking by the fifth month

Government Targets to Cut Smoking in Pregnancy “unrealistic  -  Feb 9, 2008
MedIndia,The initial national target was to reduce smoking in pregnancy from 23% in 1995 to 18% by 2005 and now to 15% by 2010. An additional requirement is to

Pregnancy smoking targets "unrealistic and unreliable'  -  Feb 8, 2008
Nursing in Practice,The initial target was to reduce smoking in pregnancy from 23% in 1995 to 18% by 2005 and 15% by 2010. An additional requirement is to reduce the number of

Cousin marriages spark concerns  -  Feb 11, 2008
BBC News,Genetics professor Steve Jones said there was a higher risk but said drinking or smoking in pregnancy was "as bad if not worse".

Mums-to-be in smoking shock  -  Dec 19, 2007
icLanarkshire - East Kilbride News,In the report Dr Moir tells how smoking in pregnancy is the single most preventable cause of foetal disease. She stressed that smoking and pregnancy is also

Pregnancy and smoking  -  Dec 18, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,Research carried out in recent years has linked smoking in pregnancy to behaviour problems in young children, while other studies have suggested a link with

Maternity in Hastings saved at expense of Eastbourne  -  Dec 20, 2007
Mid Sussex Today,...it opted to save services at the Conquest because Hastings is more disadvantaged, has more teenage mothers and higher levels of smoking in pregnancy.

Stop-smoke midwife targets mums-to-be  -  Dec 5, 2007
Ledbury Reporter,...dates and 61 were quit at four weeks "Herefordshire's Stop Smoking in Pregnancy service has been cited as an example of best practice," said Dr Howie.

smoking in pregnancy linked to male infertility  -  Nov 14, 2007
Scotsman,...women who smoke while pregnant are threatening the fertility of boys, according to scottish scientists. researchers at aberdeen university revealed

experts meet to look at how to reduce smoking during pregnancy  -  Oct 31, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...which was launched last month and focuses on reducing the rates of smoking in pregnancy. now the summit on teesside has been organised by fresh,

fireman sam to the rescue?  -  Nov 4, 2007
ic Wales,...learning about their culture and national identity because of cutbacks and imported us cartoons. wales is the uk’s smoking in pregnancy capital. shock

'Smoking is prime cause of cot death'  -  Oct 15, 2007
Times of India,..."Reduction of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke, by reducing smoking in pregnancy, and of postnatal exposure to tobacco, by not allowing smoking in the

Unlocking the secrets of cot death  -  Oct 13, 2007
Independent,It recommends that pregnant women should not drink alcohol at all, but simply recommends that mothers and fathers "cut smoking in pregnancy".

SIDS link to smoking during pregnancy  -  Oct 14, 2007
The Canberra Times,..."The Federal Government did recently put some money into the health budget to address the issue of smoking in pregnancy specifically," she said yesterday.

90% of cot deaths have mothers who smoke  -  Oct 14, 2007
Daily Mail,Government advice on smoking currently only recommends that mothers and fathers 'cut smoking in pregnancy'. It also says smokers should not share a bed with

Nicotine replacement helps expectant women quit  -  Sep 25, 2007
ReutersWhile the dangers of smoking in pregnancy -- ranging from an increased risk of low birth weight to a greater likelihood of stillbirth -- are well known,

Plans to make region healthiest in country  -  Oct 5, 2007
South Tyneside Today,..."We already have some successful initiatives in South Tyneside, around issues such as reducing smoking in pregnancy, childhood obesity and helping people to

‘Cigarettes kill cot death tots’  -  Oct 14, 2007
The Sun,Statistics show smoking in pregnancy has fallen over 15 years. But babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome born to mums on cigs rose from 57 per cent

Channel 4 Baby Mentor Advice Puts Babies' Lives At Risk, UK  -  Oct 4, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers too! And don't let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby. - Place your baby on the back to sleep (and not on the

Expectant mothers 'ignore warnings'  -  Sep 4, 2007
The Press AssociationTommy's extrapolated the figures to find that mothers-to-be smoking in pregnancy accounts for 32900 pregnancies in the UK every year while drinking accounts

Pregnant smokers shock  -  Aug 30, 2007
Sunderland Echo,In just three years the team has cut the rates of smoking in pregnancy by more than seven per cent and has been hailed as a centre of excellence for best

Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Child's Heart Disease Risk  -  Aug 14, 2007
DentalPlans.com,..."While it is difficult to separate the problem of current smoking and smoking during pregnancy, this study indicates that smoking in pregnancy has an

Tobacco Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy May Increase Blood ...  -  Jul 31, 2007
Medscape (subscription)..."Maternal smoking in pregnancy leads to adverse developmental changes," the authors conclude. "To see whether the effect on infant blood pressure will track

Smoking During Pregnancy Boosts Baby's Blood Pressure  -  Jul 30, 2007
Forbes,..."Who knows at what point in the various arguments the conviction that smoking in pregnancy is bad will prevail?" he asked. "Women who have trouble with

Smoking Link To Cot Death Underestimated By Majority Of Parents  -  Jul 26, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Smoking in pregnancy is also dangerous. A woman who smokes 1-9 cigarettes a day during pregnancy is more than 4 times as likely to have a baby die as a cot

Car Seats And Sudden Infant Death  -  Jul 26, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers too! And don't let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby. -- Place your baby on the back to sleep (and not on the

Prenatal smoke tied to mental problems  -  08 Jul 2007
Stuff.co.nz,Mothers who keep smoking in pregnancy are also likely to have other risk factors for having a child with these behaviors, for example being poorer,

Kate Langley , Peter A Holmans , Marianne BM van den Bree and ...  -  Jun 20, 2007
BMC Pediatrics,These findings suggest that indicators of environmental risk, in this instance maternal smoking in pregnancy and environmental adversity indexed by lower

Class planned for July to help tobacco users quit  -  Jun 12, 2007
The Rolla Daily News,Smoking in pregnancy accounts for an estimated 20 to 30 percent of low-birth weight babies, up to 14 percent of preterm deliveries and some 10 percent of

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Gene–environment interplay in attention-deficit hyperactivity ...  -  Dec 29, 2006
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),...two of which have withstood meta-analysis or pooled analyses: exposure to maternal smoking in pregnancy (estimated odds ratio 2.39; Langley et al,

Program targets pregnant women who smoke  -  Dec 18, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald,Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, launched the $4.3 million, three-year Smoking in Pregnancy Lifescript program in Adelaide.

Smoking in pregnancy causes congenital heart defects  -  Nov 20, 2006
TheHeart.Org,Chicago, IL - Women who smoke during early pregnancy are 60% more likely to have babies with congenital heart disease than those who do not smoke, a new study ...



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