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Researchers have found a causal link between maternal nicotine use during pregnancy and a child having ADHD (Full text). The new study also hints-but doesn't prove-that nicotine-replacement products used during pregnancy, such as patches and gum, could pose the same risk to children.
In this large cohort of children followed up to 8 to 14 years of age, we found that both maternal and paternal smoking during pregnancy were associated with an elevated risk for ADHD, based on hospital diagnosis, medication, and hyperactivity/inattention scores. The association was consistently stronger for maternal smoking than for paternal smoking and was also found for mother's use of nicotine replacement during pregnancy. These results suggest a causal effect of smoking (and nicotine) during fetal life or other factors related to maternal nicotine dependance. The findings for paternal smoking could reflect an effect of passive smoking but may also be a result of social or genetic confounding
(Score: 0) by MorbidBBQ on Tuesday July 22 2014, @02:03PM
IANAL, IANAD, IANAnsaS, I'm a real boy!
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sgleysti on Tuesday July 22 2014, @02:52PM
We know that people with ADHD have poor inhibition control. If ADHD is heritable and people who have it are more likely to smoke / less likely to be able to quit, this may be the effect that they are measuring.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by opinionated_science on Tuesday July 22 2014, @04:32PM
Complex biology no doubt. However, perhaps a reason to ban smoking in front of minors...?
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Hairyfeet on Wednesday July 23 2014, @12:08AM
Do we REALLY need more nanny government? really? You do realize that there is something like 5 states that have banned using e-cigs in public even though all you exhale is water vapor...yes?
Frankly after all the shit we've seen from this government the past decade the LAST fucking thing we need is to give them MORE laws, or did you forget that every person in America is already guilty of 3 felonies a day. [amazon.com]
Hell if you want to stop cigarette smoking you should instead push for the removal of regulations against e-cigs. I have seen more people quit thanks to e-cigs than anything else (last figures I saw were something like 60% success rate) and I have no doubt that if you removed all the reg BS you could buy e-cigs cheaper than regular.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday July 22 2014, @04:34PM
All kids have poor inhibition control. There's this thing called "discipline" out there, and if you're a parent who uses it effectively you're going to have to deal with the occasional unfortunate side-effect of your kids pouting and calling you the worst meanie-weenie in the whole wide world. Shocking, I know.
Anyway, most new parents nowadays are striving to be those cool dream-parents they never had as kids, granting their kids the Disney-movie fantasies they themselves daydreamed about while being grounded.
It reminds me of that scene in Full Metal Jacket where Sgt. Hartman barks, "Well thank you very much, can I be in charge for awhile?!"
So just who is in charge when parents and kids are best-friends?
(Score: 3, Informative) by cykros on Wednesday July 23 2014, @12:52AM
Causal - Adjective
1: expressing or indicating cause : causative a causal clause introduced by since
2: of, relating to, or constituting a cause the causal agent of a disease
3: involving causation or a cause : marked by cause and effect a causal link
4: arising from a cause a causal development
Merriam-Webster [merriam-webster.com]
Not sure why "admitting" that it's a causal link somehow makes you feel any better. A study claiming something to be causal actually makes some pretty strong claims (as opposed to admitting it being merely correlational).
(Score: 1) by MorbidBBQ on Thursday July 24 2014, @03:24PM
oh damn...that engrish language was playing heads with my game.
My bad; Casual != Causal.