Fact Sheet - Tobacco & Pregnancy

 

• Research has shown that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy complications, premature delivery, low birth weight infants, stillbirth, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

 

• In general, pregnant smokers eat more than pregnant nonsmokers, yet their babies weigh less than babies of nonsmokers. This weight deficit is smaller if smokers quit early in their pregnancy.

 

• Smoking during pregnancy reduces lung function in newborns.

 

• Women who smoke face an increased risk of developing infertility. Studies have shown that smoking makes it more difficult for women to become pregnant.

• Currently, at least 11% of women in the United States smoke during pregnancy.

• Smoking during pregnancy has been linked to 10% of all infant deaths.

• Smoking during pregnancy may impair normal fetal brain and nervous system development.

• A woman who smokes when pregnant increases the chance for having a stillbirth, premature delivery, and low birthweight baby.

 

• For every 14 women who stop smoking during pregnancy, 1 low birthweight infant could be prevented.

• Children whose parents smoke are more likely to get severe asthma.

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