A report released Monday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes says that only about 75% of babies last ...

Smoking even one or two cigarettes a day in the months leading up to pregnancy or during pregnancy significantly increases the risk that the baby will have a severe health problem, new research shows.

Health damage associated with smoking is felt more intensely by pregnant women who are at higher risk of experiencing illness ...

It’s not healthy to smoke during pregnancy but an estimated 12% to 24% of pregnant women continue to use tobacco, according to national data [PDF]. So if the existing evidence hasn’t convinced them to ...

Smoking during pregnancy can double the chance of sudden death for the child, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. According to CNN, the study analyzed more than 20 million births ...

2001-08-29 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Smoking during pregnancy dropped by a whopping one-third overall between 1990 and 1999, with the greatest successes occurring among women in their late 20s and 30s ...

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have identified a genetic link to smoking in pregnancy. Results from the U.K.-wide study also showed that males experience more long-lasting effects when the ...

There's a new study out suggesting that more pregnant women appear to be using marijuana, sometimes to soothe anxiety and morning sickness. The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American ...

Proportion of pregnant white women — 21.8% — who reported smoking cigarettes within the previous 30 days, in a recent government survey [PDF]. Among pregnant women of the same age (15 to 44), 14.2% of ...

Pregnant women are exposed to lower levels of toxic chemicals if they vape during pregnancy compared with if they smoke cigarettes, according to new research led by scientists at City St George’s, ...

The question: If a woman quits smoking early in pregnancy, does her baby still face higher risks than if she had never smoked? This study: It analyzed data on 2,504 pregnant women. About 80 percent ...