I find it interesting that people are concluding from the letter in NEJM--in spite of what the authors themselves state!, by the way--that now they will not encourage mothers to breastfeed if they are smoking. Don't they have it backward? Since when should they be accepting of women who smoke? All women deserve to be encouraged/supported in breastfeeding their babies. The authors do not say DON't breastfeed; they say DON't SMOKE! People who mis-interpret what they said should be asked why they are not following the authors' lead in their outcome conclusions...... arghhh mailto:[log in to unmask] "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Ferndale, WA USA) [log in to unmask] WEB PAGE: http://www.telcomplus.net/kga/lactation.htm LACTNET archives http://library.ummed.edu/lsv/archives/lactnet.html