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Tobacco use, secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy, may threaten health of women and children
March 13th, 2008
This release is available in Spanish. Findings from a National Institute of Health (NIH) study indicate that rates of tobacco use during pregnancy, as well as exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke, are significant threats to health in several low and middle-income countries. In a few of the countries sampled, including some in Latin America, rates of tobacco-related exposures may already be high enough to warrant substantial concern. Findings from the study, which is the first to examine pregnant women's tobacco use, second-hand smoke exposure and attitudes toward women's tobacco use in multiple developing countries, will appear in the April 2008, issue of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-13)
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