Smoking

... into the blood), just the ongoing presence of carbon monoxide will reduce oxygen availability to the embryo and fetus. I agree that the anti-smoking forces grossly overestimate the effects (which garners the response to believe NOTHING about bad effects), but the effects are well-supported ...

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Hi All, I am curious if there is a name to describe the effects of smoking during pregnancy has on the fetus? For example, there is a fetal alcohol syndrome, which describes the effects of alcohol on the fetus, yet, in the articles I've read they just refer ...

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Maybe this article: http://health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/americanbaby/smoking.html might spice up the debate in this thread. Personally, I definitely think it seems like a very bad idea.

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lol - love the pompous acronyms. This so-called condition is not broken out from other factors smoking mothers may have indulged. The health lobby is at it again - science doesn't have to rigorous when you're already convinced. Think trailofmeat was sucking us in.

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Thanks for your responses. I need to appologize, as I found the term I needed in an article that I had previously read prior to posting this thread. It refers to this condition as prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE). It appears that dose dependant cigarette smoke does have an effect on the birt...

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