May
27
Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including truly nasty things like cyanide, lead, and at least 60 cancer-causing compounds. When you smoke during pregnancy, that toxic brew gets into your bloodstream, your baby’s only source of oxygen and nutrients. Effects on the child can include:
- mental retardation
- low birth weight
- brain damage
- congenital heart defects
- learning disorders
- low IQ
- behavioral problems
…..and many more.
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