Heavy smoking in pregnancy linked to crime in offspring

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

PARIS — Mothers who puff a pack a day or more while pregnant run a 30-percent higher risk of having kids who become criminal offenders, according to a study published Tuesday… Researchers led by Angela Paradis of the Harvard School of Public Health reviewed the health and criminal records of 4,000 American adults between 33 and 40 years old… Read more here:

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