A new research has discovered that maternal cigarette smoking in the first trimester was related with a 20 to 70% greater chance that an infant would take birth with certain types of congenital abnormalities.
Congenital disorders are the most common type of birth defects, contributing to about 30% of baby demises from birth defects every year.
The research discovered a connection between tobacco contact and certain kinds of shortcomings such as those that hinder the blood flow from the right side of the heart into the respiratory organs and openings between the heart's upper chambers.
The study carried out by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was released in the journal Pediatrics .
CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden stated, "Women who smoke and are thinking about becoming pregnant need to quit smoking and, if they're already pregnant, they need to stop."
Adolfo Correa, medical officer in CDC said, "Successfully stopping smoking during pregnancy also lowers the chances of pregnancy complications such as preterm delivery and that an infant will have other complications such as low birth weight."
The results of the study are based on a large population-based case-control research of congenital abnormalities carried out in the US; 2,525 case and 3,435 control babies born from the year 1981 to 1989 were incorporated in this study.
Congenital disorders are the most common type of birth defects, contributing to about 30% of baby demises from birth defects every year.
The study carried out by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was released in the journal Pediatrics .
CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden stated, "Women who smoke and are thinking about becoming pregnant need to quit smoking and, if they're already pregnant, they need to stop."
Adolfo Correa, medical officer in CDC said, "Successfully stopping smoking during pregnancy also lowers the chances of pregnancy complications such as preterm delivery and that an infant will have other complications such as low birth weight."
The results of the study are based on a large population-based case-control research of congenital abnormalities carried out in the US; 2,525 case and 3,435 control babies born from the year 1981 to 1989 were incorporated in this study.