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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 5 Environmental tobacco smoke |
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| | Environmental tobacco smoke: SIDS and ETS Exposure |
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| | In a study from Norway and Sweden, elimination of maternal smoking during |
| | pregnancy would have reduced the number of SIDS deaths by 46.7%. |
| | Pediatrics, October 1997, p. 616 |
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| | British researchers concluded that nearly two-thirds of SIDS cases are linked to |
| | tobacco smoke. Even if a baby is merely in a room where smoking has occurred, the |
| | risk of dying from SIDS can increase eight-fold. |
| | Time, August 5, 1996, p. 16 |
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| | Fetal exposure to maternal smoking before birth may have a greater impact on a |
| | baby's risk of dying from SIDS than does postnatal exposure to environmental |
| | tobacco smoke. |
| | Reuters Health, April 1, 1999, (from the American Journal of Epidemiology, April |
| | 1999) |
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| | The odds ratio for SIDS is increased to 2.13 when the mother smokes. |
| | Thorax 54: 357-366, 1999 |
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