KNOW SMOKING CIGARETS DURING PREGNANCY CAN HARM YOUR BABY. BUT WHAT ABOUT VAPING? OB GYN, DOCTOR ROBERT ATLAS AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER SAYS, IN HIS OPINION, SMOKING NICOTINE IN ANY FORM IS BAD FOR BOTH ...

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 ...

Pregnancy is a critical time for both the mother and her developing child, and it is essential that women take extra care of their bodies during this period. Unfortunately, despite the well-documented ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The common substance in cigarette smoke and snuff is nicotine,” Anna Gunnerbeck, PhD, pediatrician at Astrid ...

Pregnancy can be a big motivator for women to stop smoking. Now a new study suggests that at least some pregnant smokers start cutting back even before they know they've conceived. The findings, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke while pregnant risk having hyperactive preschoolers who can't pay attention, a large study from the UK hints. Although previous studies have demonstrated ...

There's good news for American mothers-to-be and their newborns: Rates of smoking during pregnancy have fallen by 36% since 2016, a new report finds. The percentage of pregnant women who smoked was ...

Even light smoking of just 1-2 cigarettes a day either before or at any time during pregnancy is significantly associated with major health problems in the newborn, finds research published online in ...

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 ...

The researchers in Bergen and Exeter used data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and a similar study in the UK, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ...

Doctors in the Netherlands are to offer vouchers and coaching to persuade women to stop smoking during pregnancy, following ...