| dc.description.abstract | Tobacco Contains thousands of compounds that
may have adverse effects on the human body.
Nicotine and carbon monoxide are the two most
important chemicals. Nicotine penetrates the
placenta and can be identified in the fetal
circulation at quantities that are 15% higher than
mother plasma, while nicotine concentrations in
amniotic fluid are 88 percent greater than
maternal plasma (1) .
Smoking in pregnancy has been associated with
placenta Previa , abruption placentae, premature
rupture of the membranes, preterm birth,
intrauterine growth restriction and sudden infant
death syndrome ( 1,2).
The perinatal mortality rate among smokers is
150% greater than is seen in non-smokers It has
been suggested that smoking is responsible for
15% of all preterm births and 20–30% of all low
birthweight infants (2).
These complications have a dramatic impact on
overall perinatal morbidity and mortality | en_US |
