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Smoking during pregnancy causes
Health problems for mom and baby.
For Example, smoking is one of the
Causes of problems with the placenta.

Smoking during pregnancy can cause a baby to be born too early and have low birth weight making it more likely the babywill become sick or die.

Smoking during and after pregnancy will causes sudden infant death syndrome.
Babies born to women who smoke are more likely to have a cleft lip or cleft palate .

SItes, 31 Sites, 2000—2005

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Smoke or smoking means inhaling, exhaling, or burning any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted tobacco product in any manner or form.

Not only does smoking contribute to death and illness in smokers, it is also harmful to infants exposed to second hand smoke. Quitting smoking can be hard, but it is one of the best ways a woman can protect herself and her baby’s health.

Sigi Jose

Resources Available

Driscoll Children’s Hospital 3533 S. Alameda Street Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi Health Dept.

1702 Horne Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78416(361 826-7200

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA30333, USA

www. cdc.gov.

National Resource

Web-Based Resource

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References
Surveillance summaries Retrieved May 9, 2009 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5804a1.htm Centers for disease control feature Retrieved Dec 7, 2011 from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PregnantDontSmoke/

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