A1: While the human body possesses a remarkable ability to endure challenges, smoking during pregnancy introduces a layer of complexity that can compromise the health of both mother and baby
All tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff, contain the Poisonous substances (toxins), Cancer-causing agents (carcinogens), Nicotine, an addictive substance All tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, or a type of chewing tobacco called betel quid) are linked to head and neck cancer (except for salivary gland cancers)
Thomas DA, Kantarjian HM, Faderl S, Wierda W, Jabbour E, Garcia-Manero G, Ferrajoli A, Verstovsek S, Burger JA , Fayad L, Romaguera JE, Garris R, Cortes JE, O'Brien S
Moving from heavy to moderate and moderate to light levels of smoking does not substantially reduce risk, 14 , 15 particularly for coronary heart disease and stroke 13 , 16 see 3.36.4