The mother’s smoking may promote behavioral disorders in the child, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), drug addiction and impulsivity, according to the results of a study. study published in the medical journal Nature Neuroscience. Conclusions obtained on the mouse. The toxicity of nicotine would increase the epigenetic changes in the child over the long term.
Researchers at Yale University (USA) carried out a study with rodents and observed that nicotine modifies an essential regulatory agent in the concentration and control characteristic of attention deficit with hyperactivity (ADHD) and other behavioral disorders.
Scientists have observed that mice exposed to nicotine early develop behavioral problems with symptoms similar to those of ADHD. They also found by analyzing the DNA of rodents over the long term, that these harmful effects are durable over time.
Second-hand smoke causes 600,000 deaths per year
Passive smoking harms fetuses and unborn children, but not only that. The World Health Organization recalls that passive smoking is responsible for more than 600,000 deaths per year in the world, or one in 100. And if we only take into account deaths caused by tobacco, smoking passive is responsible for one in 10 deaths. Exposure to second-hand smoke is thus responsible each year for 379,000 deaths from ischemic heart disease, 165,000 deaths from respiratory infections, 36,900 deaths fromasthma and 21,400 lung cancer deaths. Passive smoking is also thought to increase the risk of developing a disease by 10%. breast cancer, according to the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm).
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