>"Women who smoke should not breastfeed"
>>
>> Why isn't this discussion phrased as "Women who breastfeed should not
>> smoke."
>
>The above is one of the headings from the myths which she was
>harpooning in her article - in otherwords "Women who smoke should not
>breastfeed" is one of the myths.

Yes, yes, I understand the context of the quote.  But the article says that
"smoking and breastfeeding is better than smoking and not breastfeeding" --
in other words, you shouldn't let the fact that you smoke keep you from
breastfeeding.  That's all well and good, but it would be much better for
everyone concerned if the mother was told "You must stop smoking."

Kathy Dettwyler

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