The Health Effects of Smoking on Teens Pregnant

Smoking cigarettes is bad for you, especially when you’re pregnant. The smoke from the cigarette contains more than 4,000 chemicals; including truly nasty things like propylene glycol, toluene, arsenic, butane, acetone, cadmium, lead, and ammonia.

A shortage of oxygen can have devastating effects on your baby’s growth and development. On average, smoking during pregnancy doubles the chances that a baby will be born too early or weigh less than 4 pounds at birth. Undersize babies tend to have underdeveloped bodies. Their lungs may not be ready to work on their own, which means they may spend their first days or weeks attached to a respirator. Babies whose mother smoked in the first trimester of pregnancy are more likely to have a heart defect at birth, and can have lifelong effects on baby’s brain too.

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Tobacco-Free Policy

What is a policy?

-A Policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome.

-A Policy can be considered as a “Statement of Intent” or a “Commitment”. For that reason at least, we can be held accountable for our “Policy”

Why policy is important?

POLICY is important because it allows people, workers, work places, organizations, or business to understand and be responsible for the rules and regulations. Avoid miscommunication and misunderstanding.

Why is tobacco-free policy is important?

Tobacco-free policy is important because it prevents second-hand smoke, creates safe and healthy environments that eliminate tobacco use by anyone, and protects other from the exposure of tobacco products. Also helps reduce medical cost related to tobacco-related diseases, lower health, life, and disability and medical coverage.