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To the Editor: Children whose mothers smoke have an increased risk of smoking during adolescence.¹ One mechanism underlying this relation may involve early learning of flavors, since a variety of flavored substances that are transmitted from the mother's diet to her breast milk can be detected by the nursling.² In view of the vast array of inherent and added flavors found in cigarettes,³ we tested whether the odor and, consequently, the flavor of human milk is altered by smoking.

After refraining from smoking for at least 12 hours, five lactating women each expressed a base-line sample of approximately 15 ml . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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