The more cigarettes you smoke per day, the greater your baby's chances of developing these and other health problems. There is no "safe" level of smoking while pregnant. Secondhand smoke (also ...

Infants are 16% more likely to suffer major health issues following delivery if their mothers engaged in "light smoking" of one or two cigarettes a day prior to getting pregnant, researchers found.

Overall, smoking before pregnancy raised a newborn's risk of more than one neonatal health problem by 27%, while smoking during pregnancy increased the baby's risk by 31% to 32%, researchers found.

While that research isn’t very clear, what is clearer is that smoking can increase the chance of preterm birth and having a baby with lower birth weight. Nicotine can decrease baby’s growth.

Smoking During Pregnancy can Spur Death Risk for Baby For women, who smoked an average of 1-20 cigarettes a day, the odds of sudden unexpected infant death increased by 0.07 with each additional ...

Smoking even one or two cigarettes a day in the months leading up to pregnancy or during pregnancy significantly increases the risk that the baby will have a severe health problem, new research shows.

Maternal cigarette smoking before or during pregnancy increases the risk of birth congenital anomalies: A population-based retrospective cohort study of 12 million mother-infant pairs. https ...

Overall, smoking before pregnancy raised a newborn’s risk of more than one neonatal health problem by 27%, while smoking during pregnancy increased the baby’s risk by 31% to 32%, researchers ...