smoking causes behavioral problems for toddlers

Women who smoke during their pregnancy are increasing their risk of having a child with behavioural problems.

Research from the Millennium Cohort Study found that children whose mothers smoked throughout pregnancy were more likely to have behavioural problems, be hyperactive, and have low attention spans than those whose mothers did not.

The research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that behavioural problems started when the child reached the age of three years.