Nicotine exposure during pregnancy through cigarette smoking, nicotine replacement
therapies or e-cigarette use continues to be a widespread public health problem, impacting …

Tobacco smoking and use of snus (smokeless tobacco) are associated with adverse effects
on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Nicotine is considered a key toxicant involved in …

Women who smoke may be motivated to switch to vaping (use electronic cigarettes, e-cigs)
around pregnancy in seeking to alleviate known hazards of smoking. E-cigs typically contain …

In utero exposure to nicotine is associated with increased risk of numerous adverse fetal and
neonatal outcomes, which suggests that it acts directly to affect placental development and …

Fetuses with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) induced by prenatal nicotine exposure
are susceptible to adult metabolic syndrome. Our goals for this study were to investigate the …

E-cigarettes are heavily advertised as healthier alternative to common tobacco cigarettes,
leading more and more women to switch from regular cigarettes to ENDS (electronic …

Maternal nicotine exposure has been associated with many adverse fetal and placental
outcomes. Although underlying mechanisms remain elusive, recent studies have identified …

Previous studies have confirmed that maternal tobacco smoking causes intrauterine growth
retardation (IUGR) and skeletal growth retardation. Among a multitude of chemicals …

Nicotine exposure during pregnancy leads to placental insufficiency impairing both fetal and
neonatal development. Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that in rats …

This study investigated the mechanisms underlying the retarded development of long bone
in fetus by prenatal nicotine exposure (PNE) which had been demonstrated by our previous …