WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1998: Re: SIDS and Second Hand Smoke

Re: SIDS and Second Hand Smoke

From: stacie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:17:17 -0800 (PST)

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In the november parents magazine it states that when a woman smokes during pregnancy is more than doubles her baby's risk for SIDS and may predose the risk of asthma. Repeated exposure to 2nd hand smoke may raise a youngsters evnetual risk for lymphoma, leukemia, and lund cancer. The University of Massachusetts Medical Center, reports that each year tobacco smoke is responsible for: up to 40 percetn of the cases of SIDS, up to 20 percent of lower respiratory-tract infections including bronchitis and pheunomia in children under 5, up to 13 percent of cases of outis media,which is associated with inflammmation,fluid build up and possible chronic infection of middle ear, up to 13 percent of asthma cases in youngsters 14 and under and about half a million doctor visits by children with symptoms of asthma.

I hope this helps.

---Bonnie <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote: >
> Even if there is no conclusive proof of a SIDS link (which I believe
> there is) -- what about ear infections, upper respiratory problems,
> etc.???
>
> Marna D. E. Gatlin wrote:
>
> > Dear Doctors and other medical professionals-
> >
> > My sister in law gave birth 3 weeks ago to a lovely little baby
boy. > > She is
> > concerned because her father is a smoker and they go over to her
> > father's
> > home to visit. She would like to be able to say "Dad I would rather
> > you
> > didn't smoke around our son", and show him some data, however she
> > hasn't
> > found any of yet.
> >
> > So I am turning to all of you. Do you all have any links, abstracts
> > or
> > whatever that would support the link between SIDS and Second Hand
> > Smoke?
> >
> > Thanks in advance-
> >
> > Marna D. E. Gatlin
> > Doula
>

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