Smoking and Pregnancy

• Smoking leads to infertility. Women who smoke are 60% more likely than nonsmokers to be infertile.

• Women who smoke have less ovarian reserve, less egg quantity and quality, lower rates of conception, less success with in vitro fertilization, and increased rates of miscarriage.

• Smoking in pregnancy leads to about 30% of low-birth weight babies, up to 14% of preterm deliveries, and 10% of all infant deaths.

• Even seemingly healthy, full-term babies of smokers have been found to be born with less lung function.

• Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke has been linked to a 3-4 fold greater increase in developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

• Only about 30% of women smoke stop smoking when they find out they are pregnant.

• Health-care costs linked to maternal smoking in the U.S. have been estimated at $366 million per year, or $704 per maternal smoker.

• Smoking by parents leads to long term health effects in their children, including worsening of asthma, more colds and ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome.

• Secondhand smoke causes an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 cases of lower respiratory tract infections in children less than 18 months of age, resulting in 7,500 to 15,000 annual hospitalizations.

• Smoking has been linked to 120,000 cases of male impotence in men aged between 30 and 50 every year. 

• Smokers sperm counts are on average 13%-17% lower than nonsmokers.

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