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Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent?

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Ginzel, KH; Maritz, GS; Marks, DF; Neuberger, M; Pauly, JR; Polito, JR; Schulte-Hermann, R; Slotkin, TA
Published in: J Health Psychol
March 2007

The recent expansion of Nicotine Replacement Therapy to pregnant women and children ignores the fact that nicotine impairs, disrupts, duplicates and/or interacts with essential physiological functions and is involved in tobacco-related carcinogenesis. The main concerns in the present context are its fetotoxicity and neuroteratogenicity that can cause cognitive, affective and behavioral disorders in children born to mothers exposed to nicotine during pregnancy, and the detrimental effects of nicotine on the growing organism. Hence, the use of nicotine, whose efficacy in treating nicotine addiction is controversial even in adults, must be strictly avoided in pregnancy, breastfeeding, childhood and adolescence.

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J Health Psychol

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ISSN

1359-1053

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

215 / 224

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • Teratogens
  • Public Health
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy
  • Nicotine
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant
 

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Ginzel, K. H., Maritz, G. S., Marks, D. F., Neuberger, M., Pauly, J. R., Polito, J. R., … Slotkin, T. A. (2007). Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent? J Health Psychol, 12(2), 215–224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105307074240
Ginzel, K. H., Gert S. Maritz, David F. Marks, Manfred Neuberger, Jim R. Pauly, John R. Polito, Rolf Schulte-Hermann, and Theodore A. Slotkin. “Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent?J Health Psychol 12, no. 2 (March 2007): 215–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105307074240.
Ginzel KH, Maritz GS, Marks DF, Neuberger M, Pauly JR, Polito JR, et al. Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent? J Health Psychol. 2007 Mar;12(2):215–24.
Ginzel, K. H., et al. “Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent?J Health Psychol, vol. 12, no. 2, Mar. 2007, pp. 215–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/1359105307074240.
Ginzel KH, Maritz GS, Marks DF, Neuberger M, Pauly JR, Polito JR, Schulte-Hermann R, Slotkin TA. Critical review: nicotine for the fetus, the infant and the adolescent? J Health Psychol. 2007 Mar;12(2):215–224.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Health Psychol

DOI

ISSN

1359-1053

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

215 / 224

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • Teratogens
  • Public Health
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy
  • Nicotine
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant