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Harmful Effects Of Smoking Verse Infant Diet On Adult Health
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There is a lot of research on the benefits of breastfeeding and reading most reliable public health sites the information makes the risks of not breastfeeding sound worse than the risks of passive smoking
For example from reading the following NHS pages the benefits of breastfeeding extend ‘well into adulthood’ ie ‘cardiovascular disease’ yet the page on passive smoking in childhood not only lists fewer risks but does not indicate an impact on adult health on passive smoking in childhood
It makes me wonder although smoking seems worse are the outcomes of not receiving breastmilk as an infant worse..
Or am I reading things wrong?
I don’t hold any opinions btw I don’t have kids nor do I smoke I am simply curious. This isn’t an emotive debate on what we should/shouldn’t do around kids Im talking about the biological outcomes
As someone who gets a bit worried about my own health kind of makes me disappointed that I wasn’t breastfed at all as an infant (seriously ha) I mean I wonder if I’d have been a quicker thinker or had healthier arteries
For example from reading the following NHS pages the benefits of breastfeeding extend ‘well into adulthood’ ie ‘cardiovascular disease’ yet the page on passive smoking in childhood not only lists fewer risks but does not indicate an impact on adult health on passive smoking in childhood
It makes me wonder although smoking seems worse are the outcomes of not receiving breastmilk as an infant worse..
Or am I reading things wrong?
I don’t hold any opinions btw I don’t have kids nor do I smoke I am simply curious. This isn’t an emotive debate on what we should/shouldn’t do around kids Im talking about the biological outcomes
As someone who gets a bit worried about my own health kind of makes me disappointed that I wasn’t breastfed at all as an infant (seriously ha) I mean I wonder if I’d have been a quicker thinker or had healthier arteries
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gromit: "A baby born to a mother who smokes will be addicted to nicotine at birth. So the passive smoking may stop the infant from being irritable because of withdrawal.
Not sure there will be any long term benefits though. " - my mum was a smoker, she smoked during pregnancy though oddly enough refused things like thalidomide, for which I am eternally grateful. I've always hated it, I can remember getting gassed in the car etc as a kid, never even tried smoking in my life the whole idea always disgusted me. Mum died of lung cancer at age of 69, I can't remember a time when she wasn't desperate to give up, just couldn't crack the addiction.
Not sure there will be any long term benefits though. " - my mum was a smoker, she smoked during pregnancy though oddly enough refused things like thalidomide, for which I am eternally grateful. I've always hated it, I can remember getting gassed in the car etc as a kid, never even tried smoking in my life the whole idea always disgusted me. Mum died of lung cancer at age of 69, I can't remember a time when she wasn't desperate to give up, just couldn't crack the addiction.
Not the Roy Castle myth again! Why didn't anyone else say it or make the same claims? He said it so it must be true.
The proof that passive smoking is harmless is all around you. It's called Baby Boomers. Born at a time when smoking was everywhere. When it couldn't be avoided. Even in the womb; in infancy and beyond. But it's been said that Baby Boomers are the lucky generation, and will live longer than any previous generation. Where is the result of all that passive smoking? Another example of The Emperors' New Clothes. Say it often enough and becomes the truth. Hardly.
I am a non-smoker, btw.
The proof that passive smoking is harmless is all around you. It's called Baby Boomers. Born at a time when smoking was everywhere. When it couldn't be avoided. Even in the womb; in infancy and beyond. But it's been said that Baby Boomers are the lucky generation, and will live longer than any previous generation. Where is the result of all that passive smoking? Another example of The Emperors' New Clothes. Say it often enough and becomes the truth. Hardly.
I am a non-smoker, btw.
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