(August 20, 2010 - Insidermedicine)

From New York - Casual smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke may raise risk of lung disease, according to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Studying nonsmokers, active smokers and low exposure smokers, and found that even the lowest levels of exposure were associated with genetic abnormalities.

From California - According to a report published in Environmental Health Perspectives, prenatal exposure to pesticides raises risk of attention problems. Researchers found that mothers who had higher levels of pesticide metabolites while pregnant were more likely to have a child that, at age 5, would demonstrate symptoms indicative of ADHD.

And finally, from London - A new report published in Psychological Science outlines the difficulty of quitting smoking. Researchers told one group of smokers attempting to quit to suppress all thoughts about smoking, finding that this method only led to a significant increase in smoking once they stopped suppressing these thoughts.