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3. Statistics
- Quitting smoking is one of the few preventive measures likely to have a substantial impact on pregnancy outcomes. Obstetrician Gynecologists need to be involved in smoking cessation because they are often the only physicians a
woman between the ages of 25-44 (the group with the highest percent of cigarette smokers, 21.4%
21) will see on a regular basis.
- The mortality rate for infants whose
mothers smoked was 12.1, 89% higher than the rate of 6.4
among births to nonsmokers 22.
- Eliminating maternal smoking may lead to a 10% reduction in all
infant deaths and a 12% reduction in deaths from prenatal conditions
23.
- Studies suggest that infants of women who stop smoking by the first trimester have weight and body measurements comparable to infants of women who did not smoke during pregnancy
23.
- Studies also suggest that smoking in the third trimester is particularly detrimental to the developing fetus 23.
