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Fact Sheet - Tobacco & Pregnancy
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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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