Smoke in the Womb Makes Unruly Toddlers (acutal headline)

LiveScience ^ | Thu Jul 13, 2006 | Ker Than

[Tijeras_Slim]

Thank goodness my Mom chewed Red Man.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That didn't sound right, I'm going to hell.

[mtbopfuyn]

Toddlers shouldn't play with matches, especially in the womb.

[dighton]

As the old joke starts, “Do you smoke after sex?”

[presidio9]

Hell, they DEFINITELY shouldn't be smoking at that age. Where are there mother's when all of this is going on?

[Tax-chick]

Jeez. What a bunch of peurile, hyperbolic rodomontade.

[gr8eman]

This could explain the reason why the baby boomers are so screwed up. Women didn't start smoking en masse until cigarettes begun to be manufactured in the early 1900's. I don't have any facts, but it is a viable theory. Who knew exposure to nicotine in the womb would cause the child to become a traitor?

[tundrachick]

They were also less likely to seek out and socially interact with their mothers.

Cuz Mom smells funky.

[rhombus]

Nah, it wouldn't have anything to do with hyper-neurotic overindulgent parents would it? Nah, of course not. /sarc

[Tijeras_Slim]

Well, we have come a long way baby.

[ClearCase_guy]

Now I've got Deep Purple in my head.

[DumpsterDiver]

Pinging you to the latest "news".

[sageb1]

This is so ridiculous that it would make me laugh if I didn't know so many idiots would believe it.

[Maceman]

Expect the anti-smoking Nazis to demand a law requiring all females to have "no smoking" signs tattooed on their G-spots.

[kilowhskey]

How does the smoke get in there?

[andy58-in-nh]

Is this a smoking womb or a non-smoking womb?

[Gabz]

NANNY STATE PING

As any parent will tell you, behavioral problems in toddlers are nothing new. There is even a name for it—the "terrible twos." But the behavior of toddlers exposed to cigarette smoke got progressively worse between 18 and 24 months of age compared to unexposed toddlers.

If this were to be so, then why is that so many people complain about how poorly behaved children of today are when compared to even a generation ago.....children of today, particularly infants and toddlers are exposed to miniscule amounts of tobacco smoke than in the past?

And another question.......how can thye determine it is ONLY otbacco smoke, and not other types of smoke that men women and children breathe in on a daily basis?

[wmileo]

I respect this study even if I do not have enough information first had to confirm it from my own personal experience. There were almost no smokers in my family who had children. I had one uncle who used to smoke Camel Brand Cigarettes when I knew him but his children were already at adult age by that time. My only concern is with some criminal who will use the "My Mother Smoked Unfiltered Camels and Lucky Strikes and that is why I am a serial rapist/killer" defense. I do know we have in this country a plethora of the scumbag lawyers and Clinton appointed judges who will buy into it.

[presidio9]

Well, I'm heard the term "stop blowing smoke up my a--," but this is virgin territory for me.