Quit smoking before becoming pregnant to help avoid 'crib death' SIDS

Subject:	Quit smoking before becoming pregnant to help avoid 'crib death' SIDS
Date:	27 Jan 2010 20:00:40 GMT

Maternal smoking ups cot death
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:28:41 GMT

Smoke exposure during pregnancy damages the baby's blood
pressure control system, increasing his/her risk of cot
death, a new study finds.

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of
death with an unknown reason among infants aged between 1
and 12 months. Low birth weight and prematurity are
considered important risk factors for the condition.

According to the study published in Hypertension, maternal
smoking increases the risk of SIDS in the newborn by two
thirds.

Smoke-exposed babies are reported to have abnormal heart
rate and blood pressure responses, even when sleeping
undisturbed in their cots.

"Babies of smokers have evidence of persistent problems in
blood pressure regulation that start at birth and get worse
over time," said lead researcher Gary Cohen, adding that
such long-lasting reprogramming of the cardiovascular system
is responsible for sudden infant death.

Scientists, therefore, urged mothers to quit smoking before
becoming pregnant, stressing that fathers should also not
smoke in the same room as the baby.

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