Smoking and Pregnancy The risks involved with smoking during
pregnancy: Smoke can be damaging to a fetus in several ways, and
may cause the following: Subsequently, babies born to smokers
may also have the following problems: Studies have shown that
maternal smoking is a contributing factor in 14 percent of all
premature deliveries in the U.S. The mother, too, may experience
problems during her pregnancy as a result of smoking, including,
but not limited to, the following: Researchers believe the
effects of carbon monoxide (which reduces oxygen in the blood)
and nicotine (which stimulates certain hormones) cause many of
these adverse effects. However, according to the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), if a woman quits smoking early in her
pregnancy, she increases her chance of delivering a healthy
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