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You are pregnant, well, congratulations. Everyone is happy around you and so is your husband. But being an active smoker, his happiness is expressed by smoking like a chimney without giving a damn. While that is already spoiling his lungs, it is harming your baby too. Remember passive smoking is as harmful as active smoking during pregnancy.
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It leads to low birth weight: A study done on 567 women across developed countries which was published in the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine showed that pregnant women who were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke gave birth to babies smaller than their gestational age and had low birth weight [1].
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It increases the risk of cancer: This is really scary, a study published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology showed that both active and passive smoking during pregnancy increased risk of tumour in the central nervous system of the baby. In fact, the risk was more for non-smoking mothers who were regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke [2].
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Preterm labour: Another study done in Italy showed that mothers who were exposed to passive smoking had increased risk of having a preterm labour. While the risk is greater in women who smoke, non-smoking mothers who are exposed to dangers of passive smoking during pregnancy that everyone should know! [3]
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It increases the risk of allergies: It is a known fact that smoking during pregnancy increases the child’s risk to certain respiratory diseases like asthma.
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It also increases risk for SIDS: This would be really shocking for many but another study showed that babies of men who smoke are at an increased risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). This is not all, passive smoking also increases the risk of meningococcal disease and tuberculosis in young children [4].
