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Smoking during pregnancy.
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Smoking during pregnancy When women smoke during pregnancy, the ability of the blood to carry oxygen to all parts of the body is reduced. This affects the flow of blood to the placenta, which feeds the fetus. Mothers who smoke are at risk of suffering a miscarriage. Babies born to women who smoke can be premature and underweight and are more prone to upper repertory tract infections. The risk of cot death to these babies is also increased. Young people and smoking Young people who take up smoking at a very early age run a much greater risk of becoming addicted to the effects of nicotine. They may also find that, they are beginning a lifelong dependency on tobacco. In 1996, there were 1.7 million under age smokers in England. The younger a person starts to smoke, the more cigarettes they will smoke and that increases the risk of ill health and death....
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