Jun 4, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
How can health professionals safely and effectively support smoking and vaping cessation during pregnancy? In this episode, Hao Vo-Tran, Medicines Information and Publication Pharmacist at the Royal…
Hao Vo TranGuestPaulette TrevenaHost
Um, what we do know is that smoking is associated with really significant harm to both mum, baby when they're inside, and also when baby comes out the other end.
What we know is that smoking can increase lots of complications during pregnancy.
We also know that it results in adverse birth outcomes, and it can result in increasing the risk of baby mortality.
Smoking in pregnancy also increases the rate of low birth weight, preterm birth, and NICU admissions.
So these are all really adverse outcomes when we really don't want women to be smoking during pregnancy.
Now, one of the really scary things about smoking in pregnancy is that it can increase the risk of sudden unexplained death in infancy.
It results in respiratory infections and ear infections, and in some really rare cases, it can cause hearing loss as well.
Um, what we do know is that smoking is associated with really significant harm to both mum, baby when they're inside, and also when baby comes out the other end.
What we know is that smoking can increase lots of complications during pregnancy.
We also know that it results in adverse birth outcomes, and it can result in increasing the risk of baby mortality.
Smoking in pregnancy also increases the rate of low birth weight, preterm birth, and NICU admissions.
So these are all really adverse outcomes when we really don't want women to be smoking during pregnancy.
Now, one of the really scary things about smoking in pregnancy is that it can increase the risk of sudden unexplained death in infancy.
It results in respiratory infections and ear infections, and in some really rare cases, it can cause hearing loss as well.
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