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Posts about: ## pregnancy ![Pregnancy and ADHD](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/_0014_Cute_Girl_47-582274-edited.jpg) [ADHD in Children,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/adhd-in-children) [pregnancy](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/pregnancy) ### [Mental Health Studies | Link between prenatal nicotine exposure and ADHD](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-studies-link-between-prenatal-nicotine-exposure-and-adhd) Tue, Jul 09, 2019 @ 06:00 AM ## Mental Health | Pregnant women who have nicotine in their systems from smoking are more likely to have children who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 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. 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