Women please take note. New mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes may stop breastfeeding sooner as compared to those who are not exposed to second-hand smoke a new study suggests. The study published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine found that exposure to household smokers had a substantial negative effect on breastfeeding practices. Our study showed that just being in a smoking household -- whether it was the husband mother or member of the extended family -- reduced the time that a child was breastfed said lead author Marie Tarrant a professor at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan
