SMOKING EFFECT ON BABIES

Smoking effect on babies

Smoking effect on babies

Introduction

In this report we'll try to connect Nicotine to a number of health problems, encompassing pregnant women, who continue to smoke. Smoking while pregnant can have consequences on the baby both directly, by having contradictory consequences on fetal growth and development, and obscurely, by initating placental problems and preterm delivery (Aldous, 1993).

Hypothesis

Maternal smoking has serious problems for the evolving fetus and infant, encompassing a higher likelihood that the infant will be born prematurely and at low birth weight, will need admission to neonatal intensive care, and pass away throughout infancy. Smoking by ...