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New statistics show how many women are smokers when they give birth, which parts of the country have the most pregnant smokers and how that number is changing May 2013 Pregnant women are not the only smokers tests are not the answer Emer OToole Breath tests targeting smoking in pregnancy backed by midwives February 2012 Northern women much more likely to smoke while pregnant than southerners NHS figures highlight north-south divide but show that across England, total is down from 15.1% five years ago to 13.4% November 2011 Smoking and drinking in pregnancy 'harms 10,000 babies in UK each year' Newborns suffer permanent harm, including brain damage, disability or physical deformity, says top children's doctor About 24 results for Smoking + Pregnancy
In fact, emerging research in rats shows that the antioxidants in green tea may help treat nicotine toxicity, which is cellular damage to the heart, lungs, kidney, and liver caused by excessive nicotine intake ( However, as this research is ongoing, its unclear whether green tea would provide the same effects in humans
