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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The risks of smoking during pregnancy for both maternal and fetal health are well documented, but only about half of pregnant people quit smoking on their own. To learn more about how ...

Background During preconception counselling, pregnant women who smoke are advised to quit smoking. While the adverse effects ...

A new study has found that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy and actually smoking increase the risk of placental abruption, a complication that can be fatal to both parent and baby, to ...

Smoking even one or two cigarettes a day in the months leading up to pregnancy or during pregnancy significantly increases the risk that the baby will have a severe health problem, new research shows.

For pregnant women and their children, smoking is a real drag. Not only are the children of pregnant women who smoke more likely to develop a host of health and behavioral problems -- including asthma ...

Just a daily cigarette or two before or during pregnancy endangers the health of newborns, a new study warns. Infants are 16% more likely to suffer major health issues following delivery if their ...

Today we have Nurse Al Romeo from MotherToBaby Utah at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services with us to talk about smoking and marijuana use in pregnancy. What are some of the problems that ...

Even "light smoking" -- defined as just one or two cigarettes a day -- can be a real drag on pregnancy, causing "major health problems" for the newborn, researchers warn in a new study. wong yu liang ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. Further, the effect of smoking on the ...

Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers – more than double the previous estimate. The study, ...