Monday 4 June 2012

Smoking special, covering articles from 28/5 - 3/6/12

There's been quite a lot of news on medicalxpress, recently, covering the extensive effects of combusted tobacco plant inhalation. This is, of course, nowhere near concise evidence, damning what can only be considered, post-scrutiny, to be an incredibly stupid pursuit, perpetuated purely by nicotine addiction and puerile cultural habits.

- Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes severe asthma in children
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes children to suffer more asthma, lung infections, and a general lack of lung function
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes babies to be born ~200 grammes lighter than their healthier counterparts

A great video, made by Cancer Research UK, supporting the campaign to enforce blank cigarette packets:
http://mumbrella.com.au/plain-and-simple-93990

The petition:
https://action.cancerresearchuk.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=149&ea.campaign.id=13114&ea.tracking.id=d88eee9c

The studies:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pregnancy-linked-severe-asthma-teen.html
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-maternal-disrupts-retinoid-pathways-fetal.html
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-babies-mothers-grams-birth.html

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