That’s what some researchers think. I’ve always felt that if your parents smoke, you have a greater tendency not to smoke because you see first hand what a waste of money it is and just how much it upsets your health and those around you.
But, apparently, I might be wrong:
Future smokers may be programmed in the womb to take up the habit later in life, research published on Tuesday said.
Scientists in Australia have discovered that children of women who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to become smokers than other youngsters.
They suggest nicotine from cigarettes passes through the placenta and may act directly on the developing brain of the unborn child.
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