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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility |
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| | Smoking is associated with a higher risk of menstrual problems. Current smokers |
| | report heavier, more changeable, and irregular periods as well as severe period pain, |
| | when compared to never smokers or former smokers. |
| | Abstract PO 122, 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 |
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| | A dose-response pattern has been found for smoking and abruptio placenta, placenta |
| | previa, bleeding during pregnancy, prolonged premature rupture of membranes, and |
| | impaired physical and intellectual development of the infant. |
| | Clinics in Chest Medicine, December 1991, p. 652 |
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| | In a study from Australia, 22% of women smoked during pregnancy, including 42% of |
| | teenagers. |
| | Sydney Morning Herald, June 5, 1997 |
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| | In one study, HIV-positive mothers who smoked were 3.3 times more likely to transmit |
| | the infection to their fetuses before birth, compared to nonsmoking HIV-positive |
| | mothers. |
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| | Among pregnant women infected with HIV who smoked, about a third had |
| | HIV-seropositive babies, compared to 22% of HIV-positive mothers who did not |
| | smoke. The increased risk is thought to be due to the adverse effects of smoking on |
| | the placenta. |
| | Reuters Health eline, May 2, 1997 |
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