Anyone with any thoughts on this?  Teresa G. in NC

> >Breast milk from mothers who smoke smells like
> >cigarettes, study claims
> >
> >(November 18, 1998 7:27 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - The
> >breast milk of women who smoke smells like cigarettes,
> >researchers found. The finding fueled speculation that the breast-fed
> >babies of these women may learn to like the taste of
> >tobacco this way and may be more likely to smoke when they grow up.
> >
> >The research examined whether the odor and, by implication, the flavor
> >
> >of breast milk change after a woman smokes.
> >
> >The study was published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine
> >as a letter to the editor from Julie A. Mennella and
> >Gary K. Beauchamp of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in
> >Philadelphia.
> >
> >They looked at breast milk samples taken from five women after they
> >smoked one or two cigarettes in a 20-minute period.
> >
> >A panel of seven adults who sniffed the milk was more likely to
> >identify the samples collected 30 minutes to an hour after
> >smoking as smelling "stronger" or "more like cigarettes" than samples
> >taken later.
> >
> >Previous studies have shown that breast milk can carry nicotine.
> >
> >"The knowledge that the milk of mothers who smoke smells and may taste
> >
> >like cigarettes provides an additional reason to
> >avoid smoking," the researchers said.