RT Journal
A1 Fergusson DM
T1 PRenatal smoking and antisocial behavior
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1999
FD March 1
VO 56
IS 3
SP 223
OP 224
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.223
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.223
AB 
THE ARTICLE by Brennan and colleagues1 in this issue of the ARCHIVES describes a well-designed and carefully reported study of the linkages between exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy and later crime. Using data from a large Scandinavian study of male births, the authors established that males whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had significantly higher rates of crime when studied into their middle 30s. These associations persisted when a range of confounding social, family, and maternal factors were taken into account. Results of the study also suggest that, although exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy is related to life-course persistent offending, it is not related to adolescent-limited offending.