Lung cancer is a unique malignant tumor. About 85-90% of cases are caused by exposure, active or passive, to several dozen carcinogenic substances contained in tobacco smoke.
What happens when a pregnant woman smokes
- A baby’s developing brain comes into contact with nicotine
- After delivery, the newborn may develop symptoms of craving for nicotine
- The child may be more tearful, restless, sleep worse, have digestive tract disorders
- He will have an increased nicotine tolerance for life
- In the future, it may be easier to get addicted to smoking
- It is easier to miscarry and complications in childbirth
The risk of developing fetal malformations increases
The growth of the fetus is slower – the baby is born smaller and less developed
Stillbirths are more common
What happens to a newborn when a mother smoked while pregnant
- The risk of the so-called sudden cot death of a baby (babies of smoking mothers should not fall asleep on their tummy)
- A child is born with less developed respiratory organs
- The child has weaker immunity, and more often develops diseases such as pneumonia or otitis media
- Bronchial asthma develops more often