Vitamin C improves lung health of children born to moms who smoke

Results of clinical trial presented at 2018 ATS International Conference

By Tracy Brawley May 21, 2018 Portland, Oregon

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Dr. Cynthia McEvoy (center) and Diane Schilling, respiratory care practitioner, monitor the elasticity and size of infants' lungs as part of a clinical study evaluating how vitamin C impacts lung health. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Vitamin C clinical trial

Dr. Cindy McEvoy (left) helps Lucy Sumner, 9, take a pulmonary function test, along with senior research assistant Julia Harris, as part of a clinical trial evaluating the effect vitamin C has on lung development. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Vitamin C clinical trial

Senior research assistant Julia Harris (left) and Dr. Cynthia McEvoy (right) help Lucy Sumner, 9, take a pulmonary function test, as part of a clinical trial evaluating the effect vitamin C has on lung development. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Vitamin C clinical trial

Dr. Cynthia McEvoy collects a cheek swab from Anabelle Wegner, 8, to look at DNA and changes in DNA over time that may be affected by different environmental toxins, pollution and conditions. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Cynthia McEvoy, M.D.

Cynthia McEvoy, M.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Eliot Spindel, M.D., Ph.D.

Eliot Spindel, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience at the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Vitamin C clinical trial

Drs. Eliot Spindel (left) and Cynthia McEvoy examined hundreds of placentas evaluating the ability of vitamin C given to pregnant smokers to block the effects of in utero smoke on the offspring. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)