Gran’s smoking ‘can cause asthma’
by LaVonne on 14/04/05 at 1:25 am
Smoking while pregnant ‘may affect future generations’
A woman who smokes during pregnancy could increase her grandchild’s risk of developing asthma, researchers suggest.
University of Southern California scientists say the effect of tobacco on the lungs can be passed down even if the child’s mother is unaffected.
Children surveyed whose grandmothers smoked, but whose mothers did not, had double the normal risk of asthma.
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