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jAZ
05-13-2006, 09:54 AM
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060512_smoke_urine.html

Cancer-Causing Chemicals from Tobacco Smoke Found in Baby Urine
By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 12 May 2006
12:37 am ET

Scientists have detected cancer-causing chemicals associated with tobacco smoke in the urine of infants whose parents smoke.

The finding, detailed in the May issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, supports the idea that persistent exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in childhood can contribute to the development of cancer later in life, said study team member Stephen Hecht of the Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota.

"The take home message is, 'Don't smoke around your kids,'" Hecht said.

The researchers collected urine from 144 infants, aged 3 months to 12 months, who lived in homes where at least one parent was a smoker. Urine from nearly half of the infants contained detectable levels of NNAL, a chemical byproduct produced in the human body when it processes NNK, a cancer-causing chemical, or carcinogen, found only in tobacco.

"You don't find NNAL in urine except in people who are exposed to tobacco smoke, whether they're adults, children or infants," Hecht said.

In the families of babies who had detectable levels of NNAL, family members reported smoking an average of 76 cigarettes per week. For babies who had no detectable levels of NNAL in their urine, the average number of cigarettes reportedly smoked by family members was 27 per week.

Levels of urinary NNAL in the infants were higher than that seen in older children and adults exposed to secondhand smoke. The researchers suspect this is due to infants being less able to move around and avoid the smoke. They also hypothesize that it might not be enough simply to stop smoking in the presence of babies, since NNAL and nicotine could potentially cling to dust and the surfaces of household objects.

A previous study by Hecht and his colleagues indicated that the first urine from newborns whose mothers smoked during pregnancy contained even higher levels of NNAL compared to babies in the current study.

The new research also included a six-month intervention program to help mothers decrease their child's exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.

dtebbe
05-13-2006, 09:56 AM
If this is true, I'm a dead man walking, despite having never smoked in my life.

DT

hypersensitiveZO6
05-13-2006, 09:57 AM
no :Pimp:

jspchief
05-13-2006, 09:59 AM
Lies.

/scumbag smoker

Hammock Parties
05-13-2006, 10:00 AM
If this is true, I'm a dead man walking, despite having never smoked in my life.

DT

Stop drinking baby urine.

alanm
05-13-2006, 11:40 AM
If this is true, I'm a dead man walking, despite having never smoked in my life.

DT
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. :thumb:

Hydrae
05-13-2006, 11:46 AM
So many questions about this study. Were the parents smoking around the kids or in another room (I smoke in the master bath with the fan on specifically because of the kids)? Are the findings worse in the case of a mother who smokes and breastfeeds? Did any of these kids have a mother who smoked during the pregnancy?

All these things are additional contributing factors that I would hope they took into account during the study. I am sure there are others I am not thinking of as well.

4th and Long
05-13-2006, 12:05 PM
I can't believe something this obvious would be considered news.

Imon Yourside
05-13-2006, 12:30 PM
what they didn't tell ya was this was done on the 12 year old pregnant girl from the other thread who smoked at age 10.

Sully
05-13-2006, 12:54 PM
So you are saying that when I soaked my heroin in baby urine, I wasn't making it safer?

Frazod
05-13-2006, 01:48 PM
And THIS is the first salvo in the Anti-Smoking Nazis' battle to keep you from smoking in YOUR OWN HOUSE. 4321

mikey23545
05-13-2006, 06:43 PM
Let me preface this question by stating I am a nonsmoker and hate the smell of cigarettes:

Since we can probably detect some chemicals in parts per <i>trillion</i>, does the fact the infants have <i>detectable</i> amounts of these substances in their urine have any bearing at all on their health?

Rausch
05-13-2006, 06:52 PM
The family that dies together, stays together...

Bob Dole
05-13-2006, 06:55 PM
Bob Dole has never smoked around his children.

Eleazar
05-13-2006, 07:03 PM
Police! Open up! We're here to check for smoking!

4th and Long
05-13-2006, 07:04 PM
Police! Open up! We're here to check for smoking!
COME ON IN! :)
http://www.theduke.de/images/Rossi3576.jpg

jspchief
05-13-2006, 07:08 PM
And THIS is the first salvo in the Anti-Smoking Nazis' battle to keep you from smoking in YOUR OWN HOUSE. 4321I agree. Next they're going to tell us we can't get kids drunk so they sleep longer.

Gonzo
05-13-2006, 08:11 PM
So does this mean if you run out of smokes, try to get a baby to give you a golden shower to keep the cravings to a minimum???

Bob Dole
05-13-2006, 08:13 PM
So does this mean if you run out of smokes, try to get a baby to give you a golden shower to keep the cravings to a minimum???

Forget n00b. You're just a nasty bastard.

Gonzo
05-13-2006, 08:19 PM
Forget it n00b. Bob Dole says: you're just a nasty bastard.


Fixed your post:thumb:

Skip Towne
05-13-2006, 08:19 PM
Forget n00b. You're just a nasty bastard.
:LOL:

NewChief
05-13-2006, 10:13 PM
You need to talk to AustinChief or something, Jaz? Anti-smoking threads are like the bat signal around here. ;)

Taco John
05-13-2006, 10:41 PM
Police! Open up! We're here to check for smoking!


Whats so different about that then the federal government listening to your conversations?

It's all for our own good. Just go with it. This is about saving lives.

StcChief
05-14-2006, 01:08 AM
Cancerous NNAL in their urine....

Well [gomer pyle]Surprise Surprise Surprise[/gomer pyle]

How come it took this long to find out????

Ultra Peanut
05-14-2006, 01:25 AM
Stop drinking baby urine.IT'S LIKE DRINKING THEIR YOUTH

Bob Dole
05-14-2006, 06:10 AM
IT'S LIKE DRINKING THEIR YOUTH

Ultra Pissnut.

Eleazar
05-14-2006, 06:38 AM
So does this mean if you run out of smokes, try to get a baby to give you a golden shower to keep the cravings to a minimum???

No, this just means you should stop smoking baby urine.

DomerNKC
05-14-2006, 10:56 AM
this is exactly why babies should not smoke. and they shouldnt smoke their urine either.