Posts Tagged ‘Pregnancy’

Pregnancy and smoking

Pregnancy is about creating a new life, but ultimately it is the mother’s decision whether or not to continue smoking. Your pregnancy can be a powerful motivation to give up smoking, because you’re making this choice on behalf of your unborn child who is completely dependent on you. ... read more >>

Vitamin C and Pregnancy – Help For Smoking Moms

Whilst most women are aware of the negative effects smoking whilst pregnant can have on their developing baby, many still cannot give up. The good news is that researchers believe that taking vitamin C can counteract some of these effects. Smoking during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery of the baby, poor growth, and in some instances, is implicated in fetal deaths. It can also affect the way the infant’s lungs develop, as nicotine can cross the placenta. As a result, babies may have less lung function and develop more respiratory illnesses. ... read more >>

Smoking: Women’s Health Perspective

We all have heard the warnings– cigarettes can cause cancer and increase our risk of heart disease. But the sad fact is that approximately 23 million women in the US (23 percent of the female population) still smoke cigarettes. Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in this country, yet more than 140,000 women die each year from smoking related causes. The highest rate of smoking (27 percent) occurs among women between twenty-five and forty-four. ... read more >>

Smoking During Pregnancy

Smoking is a major public health problem. All smokers face an increased risk of lung cancer, other lung diseases, and cardiovascular and other disorders. Smoking during pregnancy can harm the health of both a woman and her unborn baby. Currently, at least 10 percent of women in the United States smoke during pregnancy . ... read more >>

Around One In Five Pregnant Smokers Go Undetected Each Year

Self-reported smoking during pregnancy underestimates the true number of pregnant smokers in Scotland by 17%, and results in a failure to detect 2400 pregnant smokers each year, finds new research published on bmj.com today. ... read more >>

Smoking During Pregnancy Puts Children At Risk Of Psychotic Symptoms

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. ... read more >>

Smoking during pregnancy

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. ... read more >>

ADAM33 genotype ‘interacts with in utero smoke exposure’

MedWire News: Variations in the so-called asthma gene, ADAM33, interact with exposure to cigarette smoke in utero to influence lung function in childhood, a study has found. ... read more >>

Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?

A common genetic variant that explains why some women may find it more difficult to quit smoking during pregnancy ... read more >>

It’s not a woman thing

BANGALORE: It’s been years after the launch of the legendary ad campaign for Virginia Slims, “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby,”, which encouraged women to smoke and was said to have initiated a lot of teenage girls into smoking. ... read more >>

Smoking during Pregnancy may Cause Aggression in Children

Picture a pregnant woman taking a long drag from a cigarette and you may picture a premature baby with a low birth weight, fighting for its first breath – but what most of us don’t picture is an aggressive child. However, new evidence points to smoking during pregnancy as a cause for aggression in children, says a study from the University of Montreal published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. ... read more >>