Early Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Causes Asthma And Allergy
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 21:21
in Health & Medicine
Babies exposed to cigarette smoke before birth or during the first months afterwards run a greater risk of developing asthma and allergy. It is a well known fact that babies are harmed by tobacco smoke in numerous ways, but it has always been difficult to separate the effects of the mother smoking during pregnancy and passive smoking after birth.
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