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Cigarette smoking is one of the few avoidable risk factors having a visible
impact on perinatal mortality statistics. Smoking is socially acceptable in
most societies. In the USA, one in six low birth
weight infants are due to
maternal smoking. Low birth weight, leading to cerebral palsy and other
severe birth defects is the main effect. Collaborate with organizations
aiming at cigarette smoking restraint by providing them with actual data on
prenatal effects.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Drews CD, Murphy CC, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Decouflé P (1996) The relationship
between idiopathic mental retardation and maternal smoking during pregnancy.
Pediatrics 97:547-553. |