"The use of e-cigarettes by pregnant women should be discouraged until the effects on their embryos of flavor chemicals, such as menthol, are fully understood," she said.

"When you smoke during pregnancy, you poison the fetus," says Benjamin Sachs, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School. "Carbon monoxide has a greater affinity for fetal ...

When a person becomes pregnant, their whole life changes. Not only do they need to prepare to welcome a new life into the world, but they must make changes to their diet and habits. It’s common ...

In recent years rates of smoking in pregnancy in England have declined, from 11.7% of pregnant women in 2014/15, to 5.9% in quarter 3 2024/25, according to the latest smoking at the time of delivery ...

Blackpool recorded the greatest proportion of women who smoked while pregnant and through delivery in the North West, ...

E-cigarettes may be more helpful than nicotine patches and do not pose any greater risks to mothers or babies during pregnancy. The rates of successfully stopping smoking at the end of pregnancy were ...