Pregnant smokers who take Vitamin C supplements can improve the lung function of their newborns, a recent study suggests.
Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University randomly assigned 159 pregnant smokers with either vitamin C or a placebo, and performed pulmonary function tests on their newborns.
They found newborns of women who had taken vitamin C had improved measures of pulmonary function and significantly less wheezing throughout their first year of life.
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