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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility |
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| | Stillbirths and early neonatal deaths are increased by about 33% in the babies of |
| | smokers as compared with those of nonsmokers. The effects of smoking in |
| | pregnancy extend well beyond infancy, with a reduction in growth and educational |
| | achievement. |
| | NEJM, March 31, 1994, p. 910 |
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| | The incidence of mental retardation and cerebral palsy is increased in the children of |
| | smokers. |
| | 1989 Surgeon General report |
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| | A study published in the April 1996 issue of Pediatrics presented data that women |
| | who smoked while pregnant were 50 percent more likely to have mentally retarded |
| | children. About 35% of women who gave birth to retarded children reported smoking |
| | as few as five cigarettes a week during pregnancy. Women who smoked during the |
| | last six months of pregnancy, when a fetus develops many organs, were 60% more |
| | likely to have retarded children than women who did not smoke then. Pregnant women |
| | who smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day were 85 percent more likely to give |
| | birth to a retarded child. The researchers considered children retarded if their I.Q. was |
| | lower than 70 when they were 10 years old. Overall, 35% of mothers of retarded |
| | children were smokers, compared with 23% of mothers of non-retarded children. |
| | Associated Press, April 9, 1996 |
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| | In a study from the University of Minnesota, smokers had an increase in premenstrual |
| | symptoms compared to nonsmokers. |
| | Abstract 16A, Tenth National Conference on Nicotine Dependence, Minneapolis, |
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