H W Sundell1. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2585, USA. hakan.sundell@vanderbilt.edu
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Chong et al. examined risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) before and after the start of the Swedish campaign to reduce the risk of SIDS. They found that maternal smoking was the strongest risk factor for SIDS in the post-campaign compared to the pre-campaign period. CONCLUSION: After successful results of the SIDS campaigns to prevent prone sleeping, strong efforts need to be undertaken to eliminate maternal smoking during pregnancy altogether without replacing cigarette smoking with other nicotine delivery devices such as snuff, gum or patches.
UNLABELLED: Chong et al. examined risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) before and after the start of the Swedish campaign to reduce the risk of SIDS. They found that maternal smoking was the strongest risk factor for SIDS in the post-campaign compared to the pre-campaign period. CONCLUSION: After successful results of the SIDS campaigns to prevent prone sleeping, strong efforts need to be undertaken to eliminate maternal smoking during pregnancy altogether without replacing cigarette smoking with other nicotine delivery devices such as snuff, gum or patches.
Authors: Bradley N Collins; Jennifer K Ibrahim; Melbourne Hovell; Natalie M Tolley; Uma S Nair; Karen Jaffe; David Zanis; Janet Audrain-McGovern Journal: Health (Irvine Calif) Date: 2010-11