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June 1, 2008
Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk of SIDS
A Canadian study conducted in rats provides some of the most direct evidence to date that there exists a causal link between smoking during pregnancy and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The study suggests that exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb causes impaired respiratory responses in early infancy to thermal stress (primarily overheating from too high temperatures or too much clothing) and hypoxia (low oxygen), which can occur when infants are put to sleep belly down, thus raising the risk of SIDS.
(American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, June 1, 2008)

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