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Mental Health Matters | Study bolsters link between prenatal nicotine exposure and ADHD

Pregnant women who have nicotine in their systems from smoking are more likely to have children who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests.

And the higher the level of nicotine in a pregnant woman’s blood, the greater her child’s risk of later being diagnosed with ADHD, researchers report in Pediatrics.

People born to mothers who are depressed during pregnancy are up to three times more likely to have depression in later life…