The Risks Of Smoking On Pregnant Women

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The Risks Of SmokingOn Pregnant Women

• By Raquel Craney

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Whats So Bad About It?

• Cigarettes contain chemicals like Carbon
  Monoxide, Ammonia and over 40 carcinogens.
• Nicotine is a by-product of tobacco and is mainly
  what makes cigarettes very addictive.
• Smoking can become a habit that effects you
  mentally and physically.

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How Does it Affect Your Body?

• Smoking has been proven to contribute to heart
  disease, emphysema, lung, throat and lip cancer.
• Smoking cigarettes can affect your appearance and
  cause wrinkles, premature aging and yellow or
  color stained teeth.
• Cigarettes can cause bad breath as well.

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The Affect on the Baby and Delivery

• Miscarriages
• Premature Birth
• Birth Defects
• Low Birth Weight
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Stillbirth

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Secondhand Smoke

• Even though you may not be smoking, the smoke
  around you can dangerously affect your body.
• Secondhand smoke can cause cancer and diseases.
• Being exposed to smoke is even more harmful to
  children and infants.
• If you have asthma, being around smoke can
  trigger a reaction.

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Bibliography

• http//quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/
  cigingredients.htm
• http//quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotinepatch/a/he
  althrisks.htm
• http//health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/amer
  icanbaby/smoking.html
• http//www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?cdvLUK9O0Eb3
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