Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 00:14 in Health & Medicine

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. New research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry shows a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms.

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