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Evidence accumulates that transplacental exposure to cigarette smoke causes genetic damage in utero (pages 1144–1151 ).
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Sozzi, G., Pierotti, M. When smoke gets in your genes. Nat Med 4, 1119–1120 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/2614
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