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Smoking and pregnancy: Understand the risks
Does smoking affect fertility?
What role does vitamin C supplementation play?
What's the safest way to quit smoking during pregnancy?
Is it safe to use e-cigarettes during pregnancy?
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How does smoking during pregnancy affect a baby?
How does exposure to secondhand smoke affect pregnancy?
Is the use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) safe during pregnancy?
Can quitting smoking during pregnancy reduce a baby's health risks?
What can I do to quit smoking?
Is it safe to use stop-smoking products during pregnancy?
Is postpartum relapse common?
Does smoking affect fertility?
You probably know the general risks of smoking — from smelly clothes and wrinkles to heart disease and lung cancer.
If you smoke and you're planning to become pregnant, however, you have even more incentive to quit. Smoking appears to have many negative effects on fertility for both men and women, and might make it harder to become pregnant. Smoking is also linked with a greater risk of ectopic pregnancy — when the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube.
