Cigarette Smoke Can Affect Children's Behavior

The study conducted by German scientists said that the babies who are still in the womb and the children at 1 year of age who are exposed to cigarette smoke will be able to make a problem of their behavior during the school years later. The study also published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Greater risk will occur in children when they are in the womb who has been exposed to cigarettes smoke because it will affect the behavior problems during their childhood. The scientists revealed that the children in the womb for mothers who smoke will have a 90 percent risk of abnormal behavior problems. Whereas children after birth and exposed to cigarette smoke has a 30 percent risk of their behavior problems.
Based on a list of questions that have been given by scientists to conduct research has produced data that revealed a hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, and social interaction problems were due more because of the impact of cigarette smoke than other factors such as external social and environmental factors. Seeing the risk of cigarette smoke is greater in children who were conceived by pregnant mothers so the researchers suggest that mothers who are pregnant for consideration so as not smoking for the sake of their children's future. However, because of the environmental conditions as much as possible to avoid environmental tobacco smoke. We know that the cigarette smoke is very detrimental health for adults, can be imagined when it exposed to children or infants.