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by ruth on May 4, 2006

At age 14, the girls were nearly twice as likely to have asthma symptoms if their mothers smoked at least 20 cigarettes a day during pregnancy. The risk was slightly greater if mothers also smoked heavily during the girls' early infancy. However, the researchers found, in utero exposure to cigarette smoking had a stronger effect than exposure after birth.
These were preliminary findings, and clearly, there is a need for further studies to interpret these observations. They do have a theory why maternal smoking did not have an impact on boys, however. Read the full article from Reuters (via YahooNews): Prenatal smoking boosts teen girls' asthma risk.
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I'll try and add it to my site (www.learnaboutasthma.org) next update I do.