New study indicated that babies carried by smokers may have delayed development of the central nervous system. The research, conducted by Durham and Lancaster University, and published in the journal Acta Paediatrica said.
Dr Reissland, from Durham’s Psychology Department, said: ‘A larger study is needed to confirm these results and to investigate specific effects, including the interaction of maternal stress and smoking.’ She believed that videos of the difference in pre-birth development could help mothers give up smoking.
Co-author Professor Brian Francis, of Lancaster University, added: ‘Technology means we can now see what was previously hidden, revealing how smoking affects the development of the foetus in ways we did not realise.........
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