Background Smoking during pregnancy has been linked to numerous adverse health
consequences for both the developing fetus and mother. We estimated the prevalence of …

Background Tobacco smoking remains one of the few preventable factors associated with
complications in pregnancy, and has serious long‐term implications for women and babies …

Background Fifty years after the first Surgeon General's report, tobacco use remains the
nation's leading preventable cause of death and disease, despite declines in adult cigarette …

This study estimates the percentage of health care expenditures in the non-institutionalized
United States (US) adult population associated with levels of physical activity inadequate to …

Problem: Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk for complications such as fetal
growth restriction, preterm delivery, and infant death. In 2002, 5%–8% of preterm deliveries …

Tobacco smoke and nicotine exposure during prenatal and postnatal life can impair lung
development, alter the immune response to viral infections, and increase the prevalence of …

Background Maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) is associated with early and long-
term neurobehavioral deficits; however mechanisms remain unknown. We tested the …

Smoking during pregnancy is the most common preventable cause of infant morbidity and
mortality. Cessation by the third trimester has consistently been associated with improved …

Epigenetic regulation of the placental glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) was
investigated as a mechanism underlying links between maternal smoking during pregnancy …

Introduction While many countries have adopted prominent pictorial warning labels (PWLs)
for cigarette packs, the USA still requires only small, text-only labels located on one side of …