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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome & Smoking

crib.jpg (3618 bytes)After a baby is born, mothers (and fathers) who continue to smoke put their babies at risk for other conditions. The risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome, or "crib death") is twice as high for babies exposed to cigarette smoke. Newborns also suffer from more respiratory infections, allergies, and asthma when they must breathe smoke.

 

 

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This page was created through a 1998 U. S. Department of Commerce Technology Opportunity Program Grant

Partners included West Suburban Hospital Medical Center Westside Health Authority,
 
Loyola University Chicago & West Suburban College of Nursing (of Oak Park & Chicago, IL). 

Address all inquiries to Christopher Masi, MD, Project Director (netmasi@aol.com).
 

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