Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The preconceptional period provides an important opportunity to actively assess and treat tobacco use and to assist parents-to-be in quitting permanently to avoid smokingrelated pregnancy and long-term health consequences.The use of tobacco prior to conception is associated with male impotence, conception delay, and primary as well as secondary infertility.During pregnancy, tobacco use increases the risk for spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, low birth weight, SIDS, premature birth, and other fetal and maternal complications [1].Each year, almost one-half million babies in the United States are born to mothers who report smoking during pregnancy [2].For smokers, tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, resulting in approximately 440,000 deaths per year [3].Women smokers are at increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease.Since 1987, lung cancer has outpaced breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among women, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a cause of lung cancer and
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,590
OpenAlex ID: W2103682181