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Pregnant women should not smoke. According to the U.S. Surgeon General 
, women who smoke before or during pregnancy:
- are more likely to experience premature births, pregnancy complications, and stillbirths;
- have babies with a lower average birth weight than women who do not smoke;
- put their babies at an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome; and
- are more likely to put their babies at risk for reduced lung function.
Health Canada states on its website, “Cigarette smoking by pregnant girls and women has been shown to increase risks of complications in pregnancy and to cause serious adverse fetal outcomes including low birth weight, still births, spontaneous abortions, decreased fetal growth, premature births, placental abruption, and sudden infant death syndrome.”
In short, if you are pregnant or think that you may be, do not smoke. You should seek help from your doctor to stop smoking during your pregnancy.
If you are pregnant, you should also know that public health officials have concluded that exposure to secondhand smoke can increase the risk of giving birth to a low birth weight baby.