Paternal smoking before birth increases child’s risk of leukemia
The risk of childhood leukemia increases if either parent smokes, according to a University of California, Berkeley research team.
The results, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, revealed that children faced almost four times the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) if their father smoked before conception. Additionally, maternal smoking after birth combined with paternal smoking before conception increased the possibility of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children.
With such strong evidence that paternal smoking plays a role in childhood leukemia, researchers say they hope their findings will encourage men to quit smoking.











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