Fetal Tobacco Syndrome: How Prenatal Habits Shape Minds
Introduction and Definitional Framework Fetal Tobacco Syndrome, often abbreviated as FTS, refers to a cluster of adverse congenital and developmental outcomes observed in infants whose mothers engaged in significant, often excessive, cigarette smoking during the critical periods of gestation. While historically less formally recognized or studied than Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), FTS represents a […]