Smoking is spreading rapidly among pregnant women in developing countries

The number of women who smoke during pregnancy are growing rapidly in developing countries, according to U.S. researchers. Smoking in developing countries, their children passive smoking, the risk of cancer, heart disease and other diseases not only exposed themselves, but also their children. This is the first study that investigated the effect of passive smoking on children in many developing countries. In the experiment, 8,000 pregnant women were interviewed in Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Brazil, Guatemala, Zambia, Congo, India and Pakistan. Researchers found that 18 percent of women smoked cigarettes during pregnancy, one-third used smokeless tobacco, and about half are passive smokers. According to scientists, these trends are very dangerous for women in developing countries, where about 9 percent tobacco use because of severe cultural restrictions. Smoking - a leading cause, the death of women in developed countries. According to scientists, it is necessary to intervene in this issue in developing countries, until it reaches an equally grim statistics. We have also previously reported that smoking during pregnancy leads to a risk of pre-eclampsia in women. Preeclampsia is the cause of death of hundreds of newborns. Women who smoke during pregnancy put their unborn children at risk.