New Atlas

Second-hand smoke doubles deadly pregnancy complication risk

A new study has found that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy and actually smoking increase the risk of placental abruption, a complication that can be fatal to both parent and baby, to ...
Los Angeles Times

Should pregnant people evacuate L.A. to escape the smoke?

Doctors say prolonged exposure to environmental toxins could affect a fetus’ development. If pregnant people are in a smoky area for more than a few days, USC Keck School of Medicine’s chair of ...
The Hill

Wildfire smoke exposure is harming pregnant patients who have limited access to health care: Study

The U.S. health care system is ill-prepared to treat pregnant patients and their infants who have endured the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure, a new study finds. Many residents of communities prone ...
JSTOR Daily

Secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey from 30 low-income and middleincome countries

Tobacco Control, Vol. 28, No. 4 (July 2019), pp. 420-426 (7 pages) BackgroundSecondhand smoke (SHS) exposure during pregnancy increases the risk of infant stillbirth, congenital malformations, low ...