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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | 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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