The real concern is that, "one finds that blood pressure tracks over time, so someone with high pressure at a young age typically becomes hypertensive later in life," explained Daniel T. Perhaps more significant than the blood pressure result was the finding that babies of smoking women in the study had significantly lower birth weights, were shorter and had a smaller chest circumference than babies of nonsmokers, Lackland said. Even if the rise in blood pressure is found not to continue to later life, Katz said the study results "add an additional straw, and the camel's back is breaking," referring to the many damaging effects of maternal smoking on the fetus. No health information on Yahoo, including information about herbal therapies and other dietary supplements, is regulated or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and therefore the information should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease without the supervision of a medical doctor. read more
