Dangers of Smoking For Pregnant Women

Same dangers of passive smoking by a pregnant mother who also smoked. For pregnant women, it was not enough to just stop smoking. To protect the growing fetus, all family members should also quit smoking and expectant mothers should avoid contact with anyone who smokes.

The data collected during the last three years by Stephen G. Grant, showed that women who become passive smokers gave birth to babies who have genetic mutations, as well as female smokers.

"Secondhand smoke has adverse effects to the fetus as well as passive smokers, " Said Stephen G. Grant who became the environmental health researcher at the University of Pittsburgh. Their work was recently published in the online journal BMC Pediatrics.

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