Tobacco smoke children

Beyond the genetic factors, the causes of ADHD are unknown and very few studies have examined the relationship between ADHD and exposures to environmental chemicals. It is known, however, that maternal prenatal exposures to lead, alcohol, tobacco smoke, and marijuana are known to result in the birth of children with high incidences of ADHDJ14-17 ft has also been established that exposure to excessive quantities of phenylalanine either prenatally in utero, as a result of the mother having phenylketonuria (PKU) and fetus not having PKU, or postnatally where the child has PKU, results in the development of ADHD hyperactive and behavioral... 

M. Herrmann, K. King, M. Weitzman, Prenatal tobacco smoke and postnatal secondhand smoke exposure and child neurodevelopment, Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 20 (2) (2008) 184-190. 

GDS, Gesell Development Schedules CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist WPPSI-R, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised BSID-IL Bayley-II Scales of Child Development ETS, Environmental Tobacco Smoke MDL Mental Development Index PDI, Physical Development Index RCPM, Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices.Included are studies related to the events of September, 11,2001, as well as international studies of PAH exposures. 

Perera, RR, Tang, D., Rauh, V, et al., 2007. Relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts, environmental tobacco smoke, and child development in the World Trade Center cohort. Environ. Health Perspect. 115, 1497-1502. 

Nonetheless, it is also true that sub stance-using parents are more likely to have sub stance-using children. Parental models are very hard to resist. If parents, however, are regretfully dependent on a substance (like dipping or smoking tobacco, for example) and want their child to follow their advice and not their example, they can describe ... 

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