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EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE ACROSS GENERATIONS

Exposures during pregnancy can directly affect three generations. The Multigenerational Impact of Smoking Tobacco (MIST) Study is investigating health effects of smoking on the second and third generations, and the impact on racial and socioeconomic health disparities.

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Study at a Glance

STUDY OBJECTIVES:

Quantify impact of smoking during pregnancy on health and health disparities in the following two generations.

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STUDY POPULATION:

Non-Hispanic white and Black mothers born in California since 1982, and their children born in CA from 2007-2011.

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EXPOSURE:

Biomarker of grandmaternal smoking

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OUTCOMES:

Pre-pregnancy obesity

Chronic hypertension

Very preterm birth

Autism

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This project is funded by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (award T301R0925).

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