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Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Lower Reading Scores ... performance on seven specific tasks -- reading speed, single-word identification, spelling, accuracy, real and non-word reading, and reading comprehension ... They found that on average, children exposed to high levels of nicotine in utero -- defined as the minimum amount in one pack of cigarettes per day -- scored 21 percent lower in these ar…