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Parental tobacco consumption and child development Please cite this article as: Santos NF, Costa RA. Parental tobacco consumption and child development. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2015;91:366-72.

OBJECTIVE:

To analyze the association between parental tobacco consumption and the prevalence of psychomotor development disorders in children between 6 and 22 months of age.

METHOD:

One hundred and nine mothers, fathers, and their babies participated in the study. The sociodemographic and clinical conditions were assessed using questionnaires. Tobacco consumption was assessed using the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). Child development was evaluated using the Scale of Psychomotor Development in Early Childhood.

RESULTS:

There was a significant negative correlation between the father's morning smoking (FTND) and the child's language development quotient; r = -0.41, p = 0.005, r2Blanchard KA, Sexton CC, Morgenstern J, McVeigh KH, McCrady BS, Morgan TJ, et al. Children of substance abusing women on federal welfare: implications for child well-being and TANF policy. J Hum Behav in the Social Env. 2005;12:89-110. = 0.15. The children of mothers without nicotine dependence had a higher mean language development quotient than children of mothers with nicotine dependence; F(1, 107) = 5.51, p = 0.021, ?p 2Blanchard KA, Sexton CC, Morgenstern J, McVeigh KH, McCrady BS, Morgan TJ, et al. Children of substance abusing women on federal welfare: implications for child well-being and TANF policy. J Hum Behav in the Social Env. 2005;12:89-110. = 0.05.

CONCLUSION:

Parental smoking appears to have a detrimental effect on child development.

Psychomotor development; Tobacco use; Parenting


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