In a research study just concluded, the University of Rochester in New York has proven that women who were exposed to secondhand smoke as children or young adults were later more likely to have trouble getting pregnant and suffered more miscarriages than women not exposed to smoke.
Previous studies have linked smoking with miscarriage, birth defects, and sudden infant death syndrome, but only now have the links with secondhand smoking been proven. The significant differences in fertility problems with women that had not been exposed to secondhand smoke are astounding, and reflects the long-term repercussions of secondhand smoke.
Despite all of the information available on the “effects of tobacco usage and exposure… 15 percent of mothers continue to smoke throughout pregnancy, and an estimated 43 million women in the United States are exposed to cigarette smoke from others.” This latest research on the effects of secondhand smoke serve to support further restrictions on smoking as well as demonstrate the lasting effects of smoke-exposure on women during childbearing years.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205113932.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4B405120081205
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