I came across a bit of information about smoking and pregnancy. Since a smoking ban would affect places that pregnant women went, in addition to making it easier for women to quit smoking, I thought I'd share. The group is Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. I don't know anything about them, but you can check their site for more information:
http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Ethics_in_Human_Research/ethics_human_birthdefects.html
Smoking
About 25% of all pregnant women smoke throughout their pregnancies.
If smoking during pregnancy were eliminated, infant mortality could be reduced by 10% and LBW by 25%.
Women who smoke double the risk of having a LBW baby.
The health care costs during the first year of life for infants born of LBW attributable to maternal smoking totals more than $1 billion.
Smoking during pregnancy is closely associated with premature birth, increased respiratory problems in infants, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Mary Baker East Side
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