Abstract
Abstract Tobacco smoking by pregnant women is related to significant health risks to the developing foetus. Moreover, the infant experiences continued tobacco chemical exposure after birth via lactation and passive inhalation. Thus, maternal and paternal smoking during the postnatal period represents continued risk to the developing infant and to children in later life. A review of postnatal health and neurobehavioural effects of tobacco chemical exposure is presented. Compared to offspring of non-smokers, infants of smokers have 2.4 times more low Apgar (<2) scores, 3.5 times more hospital admissions, 30 per cent more bronchitis and pneumonia, 35 per cent more low Bailey development scores, 42 per cent more apnoea episodes, a 10–50 per cent increased risk of teenage cancer, a 52-200 per cent higher risk of SIDS, and a 2.8 times greater risk of death before five years old. Parental smoking is also associated with other long-term sequelae such as asthma, hay fever, allergies, decreased respiratory function...
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