Suffolk Digest

What is
Smoke Free Suffolk?

Part of a national network of alliances partly funded by the Department of Health, the
Smoke Free Suffolk Alliance is a collaborative body comprising representatives of thirteen different local agencies pursuing a set of agreed goals for tobacco control in Suffolk.

Smoke Free Suffolk's main aims include reducing the prevalence and uptake of tobacco use, and thereby the incidence of smoking-related diseases.

Smoke Free Suffolk is involved in raising awareness of the dangers of smoking, participating in annual campaigns such as No Smoking Day and Cancer Prevention Week.

Smoke Free Suffolk meets regularly to exchange information and plan future tobacco control activities in Suffolk.

Smoke Free Suffolk - 01473 770140

Suffolk Digest

Smoking during pregnancy could cause aggression in children

Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their offspring to an additional risk: violent behavior. What's more, the research team found the risk of giving birth to aggressive children increases among smoking mothers whose familial income is lower than $40,000 per year. Another risk factor for aggressive behavior in offspring was smoking mothers with a history of antisocial behavior: run-ins with the law, high school drop-outs and illegal drug use.

Source: redOrbit, 06 January 2009

Link: http://tiny.cc/aYB7d