Fetal Nicotine or Cocaine Exposure: Which one is Worse?

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Site description: Although public and medical attention focuses on fetal cocaine exposure, the epidemiological evidence suggests fetal nicotine exposure does more damage.




Topic: Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Reproduction_and_Pregnancy

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Other resource N73 Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smokinghttp://www.epa.gov/nceawww1/ets/etsindex.htm Respiratory Health Effects of Passive SmokingTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke 1992 EPA report identifies diseases caused by secondhand smoke, estimates exposures.
Other resource N74 National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smokinghttp://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ets/etsindex.cfm National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive SmokingTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, concludes that secondhand smoke in the United States presents a serious and substantial public health impact.
Other resource N75 Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smokehttp://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/health.htm Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco SmokeTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Report, resources, and extensive set of annotated links from the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project.
Other resource N76 Could Passive Smoking Damage Your Health?http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/hth/passive_smoking.asp Could Passive Smoking Damage Your Health?Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Analysis of recent research finds that a single study with a number of problems which failed to find an effect of secondhand smoke is best understood in the context of many studies that have found an effect, but notes that most news reporting failed to note that context.
Other resource N77 Secondhand Smoke - A Little Is Dangeroushttp://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/Secondhand/Secondhand_lid.cfm Secondhand Smoke - A Little Is DangerousTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Presents the medical and scientific evidence that a little secondhand smoke creates measurable health hazards.
Other resource N78 Passive Smokehttp://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/passive.html Passive SmokeTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke.
Other resource N79 Evidence points to health risks of secondhand smokehttp://www.no-smoking.org/may00/05-25-00-3.html Evidence points to health risks of secondhand smokeTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Newspaper article reports on the research evidence of secondhand smoke's health effects.
Other resource N80 AAP - Child Health Monthhttp://www.aap.org/advocacy/chmhets.htm AAP - Child Health MonthTop/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke/Effects_on_Children Concise but fully footnoted factsheet on secondhand smoke and its effects on adults and children.

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