Pregnant Women Who Smoke, Urged To Give Up Before 15 Week ‘Deadline’

Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com. Women who do not quit by 15 weeks, are three times more likely to give birth prematurely and twice as likely to have small babies compared to women who have stopped smoking, say the researchers.

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Filed under: Pregnancy on March 31st, 2009