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The first book to document smoking as the number one preventable cause of SIDS and infant mortality.

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Summary

You know smoking is bad for your health and pregnant women should not smoke. But you probably don’t know smoking is the most common preventable cause of infant death. This book must be read by every parent or future parent.

Empty Cribs-The Impact of Smoking on Child Health describes the role of smoking on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), low birth rate, and childhood lung disease. The book also presents information on other ways to prevent infant mortality. Empty Cribs provides a series of solutions for prospective parents and concerned readers including boycotting companies profiting from tobacco, reducing investments in tobacco-involved companies, and strategies to increase consumer awareness. An extensive appendix is included with resources on health, supporting organizations, and how to quit smoking.

The book’s message will resonate with parents, prospective parents, anti-tobacco advocates, and people of faith. Empty Cribs will be the first book to document the role of smoking on infant mortality and provide solutions to address the issue. The future of our children is in our hands.

Praise for Empty Cribs:

""While there is still so much we do not know to tell women about what they can do to have a healthy baby, we do know what happens when women smoke. The link between healthy lifestyles and healthy babies is undeniabe, and Michael Dean's book Empty Cribs-The Impact of Smoking on Child Health provides accurate and practical information for reducing the risks of smoking to women and children"

Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, President, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

"If you desire a better understanding of the complexities of tobacco use, then this is a must read book. Dr. Dean not only enlightens about the impact that smoking has on infants, but he also delves into the environment that has been created that allows the most preventable cause of death and disease to continue to flourish despite all the health implications. The disparate impact that tobacco use has on people from my community (African Americans) and other ethnic communities, is why our organization exists. We must all engage the strategies that Dr. Dean suggests in his book, and be forward-thinking enough to come up with additional ones to combat the most deadly product being sold around the world. You can count on our organization to be a part of this battle for improved health."

William S. Robinson, Executive Director, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network (NAATPN)

This well researched, very readable book can save lives. If someone you love smokes and is planning to become a parent, make them a present of this book, but not before you read it yourself and get angry at how much more could be done by governments to prevent the leading single cause of death in our time."

Professor Simon Chapman, Editor Tobacco Control

"You knew tobacco smoke hurt children, but you probably never knew how much. 
Now you do." 

Joe Cherner, founder of BREATHE-- Bar and Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for a Healthy Environment. 

"Dr. Michael Dean has put the spotlight on an often overlooked aspect of the tragedy of cigarette smoking: the devastating effects it can have on children. By raising awareness of the causal relationship between exposure to cigarette smoke and infant mortality---including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) -- Dr. Dean has performed a critical service. Parents and prospective parents need the information in this book . By eliminating exposure to cigarette 
smoke, nearly hundreds if not thousands deaths from SIDS alone could be prevented annually in the United States. Adding in the deaths from low birth weight, lung infections and asthma, Dr. Dean estimates that annually there are over 4,000 smoking-related preventable infant deaths each year. The take home message: cigarette smoke can kill your children." 

Dr. Elizabeth Whelan

President, American Council on Science and Health

Contents of Empty Cribs

Introduction

Chapter 1. Tobacco and Children-“If they have lips, we want them”

Chapter 2. Smoking and Infant Mortality-The Unspoken Toll of Tobacco on Children

Chapter 3. Before Birth-Cigarettes, Mother, and Baby

Part II. The Solutions

Chapter 4. Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies-Five Ways to Prevent Infant Death

Chapter 5. Money Talks-Consumer Strategies to Combat Tobacco Use

Chapter 6. The States and Smoking-How Does Your State Measure Up?

Chapter 7. From Farm to Finger-Cigarette Companies from Amoco to Wal-Mart

Chapter 8. Moving Ahead-The Future of Smoking