Smoking Addiction By Pregnant Women Can Cause
Serious Damage To Health
Date: 18th November 2012
According
to a latest disclosure, pregnant ladies are increasingly getting addicted to
cigarettes and this is posing a serious threat to their health and well-being.
Scottish government had released statistics showing that in the year 2010;
about 23.2 per cent pregnant women were
found smoking cigarettes when they had appointment with the doctor for the
first time.
John Lamont, the MSP of
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Ettrick makes it apparent that increased pressure to
quit smoking can make pregnant women lie about their smoking addiction and
hence the number of smoking-addicted pregnant ladies can be a comparatively
higher figure.
Furthermore, statistics
associated with smoking reveal that 23.2 per cent in 2010 is somewhat higher
than 2009 when the number of pregnant women addicted to smoking was 22.7 per
cent.
According to John Lamont, the
statistics available on women getting addicted to cigarette smoking raises a
lot of alarm and hence something needs to be done to encourage pregnant ladies
to quit smoking at the earliest.
John Lamont reveals that
addiction to cigarette smoking can inflict severe health damage and is likely
to prove more dangerous for a pregnant lady. He further adds that cigarette
smoking by pregnant women can lead to serious problems for the mother as well
as the child and hence something is to done urgently to create alertness about
this issue.
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