Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility

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In a study from New York, maternal smoking during pregnancy selectively increased

by four times the probability that their female children would eventually smoke.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy thus may create a serious risk for smoking in

their female but not male children.

American Journal of Public Health, September 1994, p. 1407

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There is a five-fold increased risk of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy in heavy smokers and

an excess risk 2.5 times normal of ectopic pregnancy in all smokers.

American Journal of Public Health, September 1989, p. 1239

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A pack a day pregnant smoker increases her chance of premature delivery by 20%.

Cigarettes, p. 85

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Tobacco use by pregnant women is responsible for an estimated 14,000 to 26,000

infants being admitted to neonatal intensive care units each year.

Cigarettes, p. 85

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About 15,000 admissions each year to neonatal intensive care units, or 7% of the

total, are the consequence of maternal smoking. This accounts for about 9% of total

national expenditures for neonatal intensive care services, or $272 million in 1983.

The average cost for neonatal care was $288 higher for infants born to smokers than

for those born to nonsmokers.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 1988, p. 216

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