more guilt for mothers

As smoking levels have been falling over the last decade why is it that reported cases of anti-social behaviour are on the rise then? At the bottom of the BBC article is this quote

Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said: "This is another reason why mothers should make every effort to give up smoking - ideally before they get pregnant.

"There are four thousand toxic substances in cigarette smoke and many of these will pass into the brain of the foetus and it is possible that they could have an effect on how the brain chemistry works."

The weasel words are, of course, "it is possible" which means that it is also possible that the chemicals also have exactly zero effect. The FPH is of course a charity funded almost exclusively by the EU and the UK government .. .. ..