Posted By Discussion Topic: smoke and cot death link.   melody65 11-12-2009 @ 7:39 PM                           reply Member Joined: Oct 2009 My friend told me recently that cot death is liked to smoke as well as other factors. Does anyone know if this is true at all? Thanks for your advice. Mel    monica1 11-24-2009 @ 8:16 AM                           reply Member Joined: Mar 2005 Hi Melody, I have only just come across your discussion and think it is very important.  I googled exactly what you said and so many articles came up with a link.  9 out of 10 mothers who unfortunately had a child that dies of cot death or SIDS smoke during and after pregnancy. If you google it you can read the same articles it is really sad and hopefull can be prevented, at least on the smoking front. Monica