FORCES - THE EVIDENCE - Smoking and SIDS


	Brain Stem Abnormality Seen in SIDS Babies, Study Shows - There is no longer any reason for parents whose infants may have been exposed to second hand smoke to feel guilty if their families have suffered the tragedy of sudden infant death syndrome. 'Environmental factors, such as stomach sleeping, overheating, and exposure to *cigarette smoke* are all believed* to increase a baby's risk of death from SIDS. But the search for a biological link has turned up little, until now. "**This is very good evidence that there definitely is a biological problem that contributes to SIDS*," neuroscientist and study co-author David S. Paterson, PhD, tells WebMD.' This is not multifactorial epidemiology trash science paid by Big Pharma to pass smoking bans. "In the study, autopsy tissue taken from babies who had died of SIDS and other causes showed abnormalities in the lower brain stems of the SIDS babies. Among other things, this region of the brain is thought to help regulate breathing and arousal." Smoking around infants does not put them at risk of SIDS, or anything else - it never did and it never will.
	Not A Mention Of ETS - In its drive to instill guilt, anti-tobacco has attempted to list second hand smoke as a possible cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Reputable SIDS researchers and organizations have strongly refuted anti-tobacco with the result that anti-tobacco's slanders against smoking parents who have lost children to SIDS do not carry any weight. No one knows absolutely why SIDS occurs. This study from a Canadian University suggests a possible preventive measure to combat SIDS. Like other reputable SIDS researchers, these don't waste their time looking at ETS.
	Ulcer Bug 'Could Cause Cot Death' - "A form of bacteria which causes stomach ulcers may also be responsible for cot death, according to UK researchers. The helicobacter pylori bug has been found in the windpipe of a large proportion of babies who have died from sudden infant death syndrome."
	Cot Deaths: Who Do We Listen To? - "A stomach infection, might, it's suggested, be a cause of cot death. The new research, reported in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood, suggests a link between the stomach bug Helicobacter and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)." … "On the other hand, something completely different may be responsible for each, some, or all of the 400 or so deaths in Britain each year that are put down to SIDS."
	Pneumocistis Caarinii Infection Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - "Pneumocystis carinii infection is associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers report in the December 1999 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases." "Dr. Sergio L. Vargas, of the University of Chile in Santiago, and multinational colleagues point out that there is well-documented serological evidence that primary P. carinii infection is common in very young immunocompetent children. To determine whether there is histological support for that assumption, they evaluated lung autopsy samples from 534 consecutive pediatric patients at Santiago hospitals who did not have AIDS or malignancies." One of the most outrageous lies about ETS is its "association" with SIDS. Even antismoking-persuaded scientists involved in this research condemn this fraudulent association which has been used by several governments as if it was reality to justify smoking prohibition. For more information about the real causes of many tobacco-attributed disease, click here.
	The letter sent to ASH by the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance protesting the false information on smoking and SIDS - In the letter, the Alliance, while "applauding" the promotion of antismoking (frauds and hatred) by ASH, protests against the false claims on SIDS! Since smoking can only be fought with frauds and distortions, for nothing else about smoking is proven, that opens the interesting question on how an organisation can be a hero on one hand, and a villan on the other! Please note: to the best of our knowledge, ASH never retracted the false information.
	No Positive Evidence Of a Link Between SIDS and Second Hand Smoking - The Childrens' Hospital of Los Angeles exposes the antismoking industry's lies about a "link" between secondhand smoking and Sidden Infant Death Syndrome: NO EVIDENCE.
	*Heart - Not* Smoking - Clue to Cot Deaths** - One of the most common lines of the antismoking movement is that primary and second hand smoking causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). This information is pushed by almost every representative of these groups: activists, some medical organizations, politicians, etc., in an obvious attempt to scare parents not to smoke (or let anyone smoke) in the house, and imply the necessity of government intervention against smoking parents. The FACT is that this affirmation is simply FALSE, because we do not know what causes SIDS. This Italian study finds that other causes may have immensely more importance than smoking on the SIDS mystery. "Babies with a long QT interval were 40 times more likely to die of SIDS over the next year. Scientists in the team said the link was 'dramatic', much greater than known risk factors such as allowing a baby to sleep on its front or smoking by the mother."

SMOKING AND SIDS

Pneumocistis Caarinii Infection Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - "Pneumocystis carinii infection is associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers report in the December 1999 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases."