Smoking & Baby

3PAdelaide Chan (3)

Amanda Kwan (14)Claudia Lau (17)Amanda Lo (22)Tiffany Mak (23)Alicia Tang (30)

We all know what smoking is!

But how does it affect us?how does it affect us?Smoking causes…• different cancers( lung, throat, kidney, bladder…etc)

• heart disease• respiratory disorder• adverse outcomes for babies!adverse outcomes for babies!

Before we get started on the effects of smoking…

Let’s get to know the effects of smoking on

females!

Female Smokers

Childless Female Smokers:

• 7 times more likely

to develop breast cancer than non-smokers

Teenage Female Smokers:

• develop breast cancer in their 30s and 40s

increasing the risk by about 70%

Elderly Smokers:

• higher risk to suffer from depressive symptoms than non-smokers

more significant for male than female

Smoking Effects Pregnancy

Let’s start with the

effects on the mother!

DANGER! DANGER!DANGER! DANGER!It is VERY ! VERY ! DANGEROUSDANGEROUS ! !for pregnant women to smoke because…• SmokeSmoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals , such as

cyanide, lead, and at least 60 cancer-causing compounds• toxic chemicals get into mother’s bloodstream

your baby's only source of oxygen and nutrientsonly source of oxygen and nutrients• contain 2 compounds are especially harmful: nicotine & carbon monoxide

they work together to

reduce your baby's supply of oxygen!reduce your baby's supply of oxygen!

Case Study #1

Katy, a smoker, pregnant for 7 months already

How do you think her baby would look like

in the worst case?

Katy’s baby may look like…

This This

extra, webbed or

missing fingers or

toes!Delayed function of lungs!

May be required to live in a respirator

Effects of smoking on the BABY• die before they can be born • affects baby's airway

• newborn with a congenital digital anomaly i.e. (presence of more than five fingers or toes on a hand or foot OR the absence of fingers or toes)• Smaller head circumference than normal infants• May boost up babies' blood pressure• premature delivery

According to the findings, airflow through the breathing tubes is, on average, 20% lower in

babies with smoking mothers. Furthermore, this effect is noticeable throughout the first 18

months of life.

Case Study #2!A smoker, Mrs. Tong’s baby, seems to dislike her breast

milk. Causing her starts worrying about the effects of smoking on her baby!

? What do you think she is worrying

about?

Mrs. Tong should be worrying about…

• the taste and smell of breast milk not enough nutrients for baby’s growth

• Baby’s lungs not ready to function spend their first days or weeks attached

to a respirator• vulnerable to asthma, and have double

or even triple the risk of suffering from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Conclusion

• Smoking really causes terrible health problems for both the mother and the baby

SO DON’T SMOKE!

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