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Passive, active smoking both may affect fetus.(Obstetrics)
A pregnant woman's exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke may be just as risky to the fetus as is active smoking, according to a pooled data reanalysis conducted by Stephen G. Grant, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh.
"This analysis shows not only that smoking during pregnancy causes genetic damage in the developing fetus that can be detected at birth, but also that passive, or secondary, exposure causes just as much damage as active smoking, and it's the same kind of damage," Dr. Grant said in a statement.
In an interview, he said, "The women who go to the trouble of quitting smoking feel they have taken care of the problem. This is a cautionary exercise in which we say women have to change their lifestyles in other ways" such as having their husbands quit smoking and not going outside with their friends on ...
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