Smoking in pregnancy


 

Smoking and pregnancy

 

  

 
Pregnancy Advice - Quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do to improve the growth and long term health of your baby

Help and support is available Contact the NHS Pregnancy Helpline on 0800 169 9 169 or call the 24 hour Quit line on 0800 169 0 169

 

 

To find out more about parenting, from pregnancy to pre-school, visit:
www.practicalparenting.co.uk

 

 

 

 Cigarette smoke can be very harmful to your unborn baby. Smoking cigarettes reduces the oxygen level in your blood which deprives your baby of oxygen. Smoking in pregnancy can result in:

• Miscarriage
• Premature birth
• Birth defects
• Stillbirth