LK. Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 August 01, 2005 WOMEN who smoke during pregnancy nearly triple the risk of having unruly and badly behaved children, according to research. Scientists also made an association between smoking during pregnancy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Two studies support the notion that expectant mothers who smoke expose their unborn children to relatively high concentrations of nicotine, which can alter brain development. Previous studies have associated both antisocial behaviour and ADHD with smoking when pregnant. But it was not clear whether those cases of antisocial behaviour were themselves related to smoking, or arose only as a consequence of ADHD, which is a known risk factor for antisocial behaviour. A study by British scientists of 723 identical and 1,173 non-identical twin pairs, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that antisocial behaviour was linked to maternal smoking in its own right. A study by doctors at Aarhus University in Copenhagen, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that expectant mothers who smoked had a nearly three-fold risk of having a child with hyperkinetic disorders, which involves excessive muscular activity, inattention and impulsive behaviour including ADHD. Tanya Button, of the Institute of Psychiatry in London, said: ?The safest clinical message is that smoking in pregnancy should be avoided.? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1716238,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klownicle Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 No wonder im fubared and anti social, damn parent(mom smokes). :no: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I was smoked baby... Klownicle you want to go on rampage and get rid of all smokers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 no but it common knowledge selfish people just tend to ignore. Let's smoke the smokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Don't cigaretts and alcoholic beverages contain warnings about doing that stuff dureing pregnancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viserov Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 My mom smoked when I was a baby. I'm very anti-social. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Don't cigaretts and alcoholic beverages contain warnings about doing that stuff dureing pregnancy. 586310798[/snapback] Sure do, but how many people actually read them? But this explains why I am so calm compared to my younger sibling though, who was exposed to smoke (parents) pre-birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Hammer Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 My family just has a legacy of crap parenting :D j/k My oldest Bro & Sis, 4 kids between them (ahem...not together, pervo) neither smoke. 2 kids have ADD, one is a cheeky ****** and the other is perfectly ok. My parents, both smoked, neither kids have, "ADD" or are anti-social (other than me who was a little **** as a kid/teen/early 20's,) the other three were "fine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCA Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 im anit social but it's only because im shy and afraid to talk to people i don't know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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