Lactnuts, When asked about the myths on bf site and direct maternal smoking as opposed to passive smoking, Lisa shares "There was a strong negative effect modification by breast feeding: relative odds of respiratory proneness with maternal smoking were seven times higher among children who were never breast fed than among those who were breast fed... " While I do not dispute this, I also worry about what another poster said about cotinine levels being high in infant's urine. So, playing devil's advocate I will remind all: resp. problems may be less, but OTHER PROBLEMS may be higher (?CNS,? Urinary tract). Therefore, I don't think we can be reassuring, but comes back to the credo "mothers who bf should not smoke." Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC - waiting for dh who resumed smoking this year after 15 yrs of abstinence, to quit one day again ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html