Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke remains common, through active smoking and/or
passive environmental exposure, and is linked to adverse childhood outcomes. Not only …

Parental smoking is known to have prenatal health effects on developing fetuses, and
postnatal exposure to secondhand smoke causes adverse health effects during childhood …

Aims The goals of this study are to determine if there is (a) a threshold effect for prenatal
tobacco exposure (PTE) on adolescent risk for nicotine dependence, and (b) an additive …

Up to 22% of pregnant women smoke, which constitutes a major health concern. Nicotine, a
cholinergic agonist, causes deleterious effects on brain development. However, most …

Background It has been shown that active exposure to tobacco is associated with adverse
pregnancy outcomes including, but not limited to, intrauterine fetal death, reduced fetal …

STUDY QUESTION How does maternal cigarette smoking disturb development of the
human fetal ovary? SUMMARY ANSWER Maternal smoking increases fetal estrogen titres …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine whether perinatal nicotine
exposure adversely affects cardiovascular health in adulthood. STUDY DESIGN: C57Bl/6J …

A great deal of attention has been focused on adverse effects of tobacco smoking on
conception, pregnancy, fetal, and child health. The aim of this paper is to discuss the current …

In addition to the health risks that maternal tobacco smoke exposure in pregnancy poses to
women, this is a cause of substantial fetal morbidity and mortality. In pregnancy, maternal …

Nicotine exposure has been associated with an increased likelihood of developing attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring of mothers who smoked during pregnancy …