The title of this page is the conclusion of a Sept 2011 study – bullet point summary are below
FACT: Being Pregnant greatly increases the need for vitamin D
FACT: Smoking reduces vitamin D in the body
FACT: Children born of women with lots of vitamin D are 5X less likely to get asthma
Vitamin D Life interpretation of the study: Smoking ==> Reduce vitamin D ==> Increase chance of asthma in child
Suggestion - if you must smoke while pregnant, take at least 6,000 IU of vitamin D daily
Sept 2011 edition of the journal Pediatrics – pediatrics.aappublications.org.
- Smoking while pregnant: Severe asthma 3.6 X
- Smoking while pregnant: asthma symptoms by 3X
- Smoking while pregnant: Asthma related emergency room visits 4X
- Study looked at 295 children with asthma, aged 8 to 16 years,
- 14% of American women smoke during pregnancy
- Smoking while pregnant: – mother most likely did not finish high school
See Vitamin D Life
- Overview Asthma and Vitamin D
- Speculation on vitamin D and smoking during pregnancy - June 2010
- Decreased vitamin D in children taking asthma drugs - April 2010
- Severe asthma children 31X more likely to develop chronic obstructive lung disease -May 2010
- All items in Breathing and Vitamin D
- Overview Moms babies and vitamin D
- Mothers getting >2,000 IU of vitamin D ==>+ 5X less child asthma
- Smoking reduces vitamin D
Many Studies of Smoking and Vitamin D in PubMed
smoke OR smoking and vitamin D in title/abstract 659 items as of July 2012