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Tobacco

Tobacco can be smoked using pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. Tobacco use produces smoke that can be inhaled by people around the smoker. Therefore, the effects of smoking tobacco not only impact the person who is smoking but also the people around them. Tobacco contains substances that are life-threatening, and children have tender and delicate respiratory organs that are vulnerable to the deadly effects of tobacco. Upon contact with tobacco smoke, the liver and lungs retain some of the smoke, which liquefies on their surface, and the acidic nicotine starts to slowly eat into the liver and lungs. The result is a compromised respiratory system in the child and an increased risk of deadly conditions like lung and liver cancer. Keep children away from tobacco smokers as much as possible to help them maintain healthy body organs.

Higher numbers of cigarettes per day during pregnancy are associated with higher anxiety, depression and attention problems at 3 years of child age.

July 8, 2018April 21, 2020

Maternity/Research Findings

The Effect of Smoking Tobacco and Weed Before and After Pregnancy

Tobacco continues to be one of the most used drugs during pregnancy, and it is not unusual for it to be combined with cannabis to enhance its effects. In fact, some studies report that up to 10 percent of pregnant women routinely use cannabis. Fetuses receive the toxic substances through

The Effect of Smoking Tobacco and Weed Before and After Pregnancy Pre- and Postnatal Tobacco and Cannabis Exposure and Child Behavior Problems: Bidirectional Associations, Joint Effects, and Sex Differences.

July 8, 2018April 21, 2020

Maternity/Research Findings

Tobacco continues to be one of the most used drugs during pregnancy, and it is not unusual for it to be combined with cannabis to enhance its effects. In fact, some studies