Why not to smoke in pregnancy – new knowledge about the effects of nicotine
Authors:
D. Hrubá
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav preventivního lékařství LF MU, Brno
Published in:
Prakt Gyn 2007; 11(3): 132-134
Overview
Recent research studies have changed the opinion about nicotine as relatively safe way for smoking cessation of pregnant women. Contemporal results have described nicotine as human neuroteratogen and multiple carcinogen. Thus the antenatal exposure to nicotine both from smoking and from nicotine replacement therapy may cause the long-term disturbances manifested during childhood and adulthood, as they were confirmed in epidemiologic studies. The recommended motivation for pregnant smokers´decision to quit is the enhancement of their willing to protect unborn babies against the strong human reproductive risk.
Key words:
nicotine – neuroteratogenicity – carcinogenicity – pregnancy
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