The study, led by assistant sociology professor Jennifer Kane …. pinpoints an area where researchers feel they can intervene to help reduce prenatal smoking and improve children’s health. “The punchline is we need to double down on efforts to prevent teens who take up smoking to begin with,” Kane said in an interview. “It could have demonstrable impacts on birth outcomes.”

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