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Cigarette Smoke Linked to Infant Deaths  Exposure to secondhand
smoke is strongly implicated in SIDS, scientists find.   A great
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Secondhand smoke can be fatal for newborns, according to a
University of Sydney study that found exposure to cigarette
smoke significantly increases probability of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome. Of the 67 babies that died of SIDS in the study's
research group, an overwhelming 81% of them had been exposed to
cigarette smoke. "We found any smoke exposure in the home
resulted in a greater number of cells dying in the brain stem
which controls heart rate, respiration and sleep and arousal,"
says researcher Dr. Rita Machaalani. According to the study, not
only do babies living in a home with a smoker have a three-fold
risk for SIDS, but babies born to mothers who smoke during
pregnancy are five times more likely to die of the condition. "I
don't know how tobacco compani