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Article #136: The Alarming Effects Of Cigarettes On Unborn Children

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Smoking has been known to affect the significant decrease in the oxygen
unborn children of pregnant mothers. It brought to the developing infant. As a
is popular knowledge that women who are matter of fact, the infant is exposed to
with child should not smoke. However, the a higher level of carboxyhemoglobin, the
reasons for this have not been explained substance that depletes the oxygen in the
very well. Also, not a lot of studies body and has caused deaths to people who
have been done on the effects of have inhaled too much carbon monoxide.
cigarettes on unborn children. Here are This has been used as a method of suicide
some things pregnant women should by some people.
consider before lighting a cigarette. The Effects of Cigarettes on Academic
Physical Effects of Cigarettes During Performance
Pregnancy Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can
One of the reasons why pregnant women also affect the child's academic
should not smoke during pregnancy is that performance in the future. In this study,
it can cause premature birth. It also has over 9,000 children were given tests to
a direct link to the child's evaluate their math ability and reading
susceptibility to respiratory diseases. ability. According to the results of the
Also, it has been observed that babies of study, children of mothers who smoked 10
mothers who smoked during pregnancy are or more cigarettes a day during pregnancy
lighter than the babies of non-smokers. had lower scores in these tests, as
It was also proven that the heart rate of opposed to children whose mothers didn't
infants of mothers who smoked during smoke any cigarettes while they were
pregnancy have a heart rate that is 30% pregnant.
higher than those with non-smoking Smoking and Child Behavior Problems
mothers. Another study also stated that severe
Cigarette Smoking and ADD child behavior problem is one of the
Apparently, the effects of cigarettes on effects of cigarettes. In a study
children during pregnancy are not limited conducted in California, it was shown how
to a child's physical qualities. It can the number of cigarettes a pregnant
also affect a child's mental health. mother smokes each day can affect the
According to a medical study, mothers who behavior of her child when he or she
smoked an average of 14 cigarettes during becomes older. The children of mothers
pregnancy tend to give birth to who smoked during pregnancy tend to
"hyperkinetic" children with Attention exhibit disobedience and have a higher
Deficiency Disorders (ADD). This effect tendency to have conflicts with others as
is dosage-dependent, meaning mothers who compared to children of non-smokers.
smoke an average of 6 cigarettes have a In order to avoid rearing children who
higher chance of giving birth to normal are difficult to handle, mothers should
children. start consider quitting smoking during
Researchers speculate that this is caused pregnancy. Not only will it affect their
by the pile up of carbon monoxide in the health, it will also affect the unborn
fetal blood stream that lead to a child's future.






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