http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557179863-b65

Not a negative story, huh?  I like the assumption that of course
babies get breastmilk.


10:22 AM ET 11/18/98

Smoking leaves taste in breast milk -U.S. study


         (Release at 5 p.m. EST/2200 GMT)
            BOSTON (Reuters) - Smoking cigarettes can rapidly affect the
taste and smell of breast milk, according to two Philadelphia
scientists seeking to explain why the children of smokers are
more likely to smoke themselves.
            The study, published as a letter to the New England Journal
of Medicine, took breast milk samples from five volunteers
before and after they had smoked one or two cigarettes within a
20-minute period.
            A panel of smell experts ``were more likely to identify
samples collected from the women 30 minutes to one hour after
smoking as smelling 'stronger' or 'more like cigarettes' than
the other samples,'' concluded Julie Mennella and Gary Beauchamp
of the Monell Chemical Senses Center.
            They also confirmed previous research showing nicotine
levels in breast milk are dramatically higher 30 minutes after a
cigarette is smoked, and taper off after several hours.
            ``These findings raise the possibility that in addition to
the effects of nicotine on the developing brain, early
experiences with the flavor of tobacco in breast milk (and
perhaps even in amniotic fluid) influence the likelihood that
exposed children will find these flavors appealing later in
life,'' they said.
            The two cautioned that their research does not suggest that
smokers should stop breastfeeding.
            However, they said, ``the knowledge that the milk of mothers
who smoke smells and may taste like cigarettes provides an
additional reason to stop smoking.''
         ((Boston newsroom, 617-367-4106; fax, 617-248-9563; e-mail,
Boston.newsroom+Reuters.com))
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Kate Hallberg, mom to Ursula (4- soon) and Sage (1.5)
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina  http://nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu/undergrad/courses/nutr251/notes/15/index.htm some corrections needed here.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8193/



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