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  "textContent": "Maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with higher blood pressure and increased risk of hypertension in children, according to a new ECHO Cohort study led by Lyndsey Shorey-Kendrick, Ph.D., of Oregon Health & Science University and Christine Ladd-Acosta, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University. The research is published in the journal Circulation.",
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