I mean, my mom smoked with all three of her children. She quit periodically, but everytime she got pregnant, she'd been back smoking. All of us are of above average in IQ, got good grades, and, aside from me, avoided droogs.
But I was the oldest child. That was almost to be expected.
And the tobacco contributing to low birth weight or whatever - all three of my sisters and myself were of average size.
My mom did NOT drink when pregnant with any of us, so I have no say as to what effect that has, but tobacco had no real effect on us.
For the record, I'm 25 and feel I will never have children. When my mother was 25, she had a six year old and a four and a half year old. But I turned out all right. My sister who's 23 turned out all right. My youngest sister, a freshman in high school, is a varsity cheerleader at the top of her class with her grades, and turned out well.
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