Health Effects of Smoking and Secondhand Smoke during pregnancy 🤰

• Mothers who smoke are more likely to deliver their babies(শিশুদের) early. Preterm delivery is a leading cause(কারণ) of death, disability, and disease among newborns(নবজাতক)|

• One in every five babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy(গর্ভাবস্থা) has low birth weight. Mothers who are exposed(উন্মুক্ত) to secondhand smoke while pregnant are more likely to have lower birth weight babies. Babies born too small or too early are not as healthy(সুস্থ).

• Both babiesশিশুদের) whose mothers smoke while pregnant and babies who are exposed to secondhand smoke after birth are more likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome(সিন্ড্রোম) (SIDS) than babies who are not exposed to cigarette(সিগারেট) smoke.Babies whose mothers smoke are about three times more likely to die from SIDS.

• Babies whose mothers smoke while pregnant(গর্ভবতী) or who are exposed to secondhand smoke after birth have weaker lungs than other babies, which increases(বৃদ্ধি পায়) the risk for many health problems.