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The Tobacco Reference Guide
by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility

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Only one in six British women who smoke give up the habit when they become

pregnant.

British Medical Journal, September 10, 1998

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Pregnant women who smoke are 46% more likely to have a baby who dies before its

first birthday.

American Medical News, December 28, 1992

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There is "strong evidence that the reduced lung function in infants born to smoking

mothers is in large measure due to an in-utero alteration in lung development that

occurs prior to the middle of the third trimester."

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 158, 1998, p. 690

(Fernando Martinez)

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Smoking by pregnant women in Spain increased from 18% in 1980 to 29% in 1990.

Lancet, May 22, 1993, p. 1350

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