| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility |
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| Pregnancy and fertility: Smoking and Low Birth Weight |
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| 7.6% of babies born to smokers are low birth weight, compared to 5.4% for |
| nonsmoking mothers. |
| Birth, March 1991, p. 49 |
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| If smoking were eliminated, there would be 25% fewer babies born with low birth |
| weight and 41% fewer childhood deaths between one month and five years of age. |
| Pediatric Clinics of North America, April 1987, p. 363 |
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| In a review of five clinical studies, 21% to 39% of the incidence of low birth weight |
| babies was attributable to maternal cigarette smoking. Compared with non-smokers, |
| light and heavy smokers have 54% and 130% increases in the prevalence of low birth |
| weight babies under 2500 grams, or about 5 1/2 pounds. In other studies, children of |
| smokers have shown deficits in growth, intellectual and emotional development, and |
| behavior. |
| JAMA, May 24, 1985, p. 2998 |
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| Fetal growth may be adversely affected when the mother is passively exposed to |
| tobacco smoke during pregnancy. A mean birth weight deficit of 88 grams, about 3 |
| ounces, was found in newborns of nonsmoking mothers whose fathers smoked more |
| than 20 cigarettes a day. |
| American Journal of Public Health, September 1994, p. 1489 |
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