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Prenatal smoking exposure disrupts sleep patterns in preemies

Published December 1, 2008, 5:42 am, New Kerala

According to the results, preterm neonates born to heavy-smoking mothers who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day lead to disrupted sleep structure and sleep continuity-from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. they slept almost two hours less than controls who were born to non-smoking mothers, and their sleep was more fragmented.

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