Madam, – Your important Editorial on smoking mothers (August 24th) focused on the dangers to unborn babies.
Equally important is the danger to infants after birth. It is now many years since studies showed that “parents smoking” was one of three factors correlating with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or “cot death”. The other two were baby overheated, and baby sleeping face-down. Every parent should know this. – Yours, etc,