Author: Sonja Haller / Source: USA TODAY
One cigarette.
Researchers analyzed more than 20 million births, including over 19,000 unexpected baby deaths and found that smoking just one cigarette a day during pregnancy can double the chance of sudden, unexpected death for infants.
“In addition, if you’re a smoker it’s important to quit well before you get pregnant,” said lead study author Tatiana Anderson, a neuroscientist at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, in a video about the study. “We found that mothers…
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