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Smokefree Pregnancies Are Child Health Priority

Friday, 14 October 2005, 2:23 pm | Education for Change

Pregnancy and child health leaders have called for smoking in pregnancy risks to be brought out of hiding and taken seriously. Leaders from fertility, midwifery, obstetrics, neonatology, paediatrics, general practice and public health services ... More >>

Replacement Safer Than Smoking In Pregnancy

Friday, 14 October 2005, 2:16 pm | Education for Change

Health leaders at a national smokefree pregnancy forum, held in Auckland today, heard that there is growing support for the use of nicotine replacement products in pregnancy where women continue to smoke, especially for women smoking heavily. The forum was ... More >>

Health Leaders Urge Fetal Tobacco Syndrome Action

Friday, 14 October 2005, 9:17 am | Education for Change

Each year more than 18,000 unborn babies are exposed to poisonous tobacco chemicals in the womb, a forum considering the effects of fetal tobacco syndrome heard today. Fetal tobacco syndrome is the term used to describe fetal damage caused by exposure ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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