Comments on: How to Know If Smoking Can Harm Your Unborn Baby

on 3/11/2008 AFrieske - Major oversight there... I should have stated that 14% of preterm births.... was from the American Lung Association.

on 3/11/2008 I think we all know smoking will most certainly harm an unborn child. I must say I don't quite understand the "How To" aspect of this article.

BTW - I love facts such as "It has been been suggested..." without backing of any sort.

on 12/1/2007 After having 3 miscarriages myself (no I have never smoked) I can never understand why anyone would want to risk having a healthy baby. Thanks for this article.

on 11/30/2007 Kudos, for sure. I find it so sad when I see pregnant mothers smoking. It's so easy to not realize that you have a life inside of you that's dependent on what you eat, what you drink, and what you do to your body.

On the other hand, I know how hard it is to fight addiction, and cigarettes are one of the most addicting things in the world. It's crazy to think about how much our society has become addicted to so many different drugs and things.

I've been watching a show on A&E called Intervention. After watching the show, it's made me realize just how the addiction process works and how devastating it is. Basically, they convince the addict that they're in a documentary and use the footage to show them how it's affecting their lives. Check it out: December 3rd at 9pm (http://www.aetv.com/intervention). I am working to support this because we all need to help people fight addic

on 11/29/2007 We should all know this but it doesn't hurt to be reminded

on 11/29/2007 excellent reasons why NOT to smoke while pregnant.kudos the author