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	About Us Administration Behavioral Health Youth Camp Medical Services Dental Health Environmental Health Mental Health System's Office Nutrition Services Public Health Preparedness Contact Us Improved Pregnancy Outcome Smoking and Pregnancy Smoking is dangerous for your baby. Babies born to smokers usually weigh less at birth. Low birth weight is the leading cause of infant deaths. Babies born permaturely may have problems with breathing, digesting food and staying warm. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to have a miscarriage and stillbirth. Heavy bleeding from the placenta in the last months of pregnancy is also more common. This is dangerous for both the mother and the baby. SID(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) also occurs more often in women who smoke during pregnancy. What's in a cigarette? Over 4,000 chemicals (most of which are poisons) are in tobacco smoke. Here are just some of them: Acetone - nail polish remover Ammonia - floor-toilet cleaner Formaldehyde - funeral perservatives Cadmium - rechargeable batteries Carbon monoxide - car exhaust Butane - cigarette lighter fluid Vinyl chloride - plastic pipe DDT - insecticide Arsenic - poison Naphthalene - mothballs Nicotine - insecticide Methanol - rocket fuel Did you know that tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fires and AIDS combined! If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant don't smoke! For help quitting, call the Allegany County Health Department's *Smoking Cessation Program* at (301) 759-5050. MORE INFORMATION: Early Prenatal Care Nutrition Alcohol, Drugs, and Pregnancy Warning Signs and Symptoms of Pre-term Labor Kick Count Vital Records
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