What Does Current Research Say About Smoking During Pregnancy

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Multiple Choice

What does current research say about smoking during pregnancy?

• A) Nicotine is powerfully addictive, and smoking mothers risks giving birth to an addicted neonate who would experience respiratory distress, asthma, or emphysema.
• B) Nicotine has been linked to mental retardation in infants whose mothers smoked during their entire pregnancies.
• C) Pregnant women should quit smoking because infants whose mothers smoked during pregnancy weigh an average of one-half pound less at birth.
• D) Infants whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have higher rates of heart defects and lung defects.

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