1. Smoking & Baby 3P Adelaide Chan (3) Amanda Kwan (14) Claudia Lau (17) Amanda Lo (22) Tiffany Mak (23) Alicia Tang (30)

2. how does it affect us? We all know what smoking is! But how does it affect us? Smoking causes… different cancers ( lung, throat, kidney, bladder…etc) heart disease respiratory disorder adverse outcomes for babies! adverse outcomes for babies!

3. Before we get started on the effects of smoking… Let’s get to know the effects of smoking on females!

4. Female Smokers Childless Female Smokers: 7 times more likely to develop breast cancer than non-smokers Teenage Female Smokers: develop breast cancer in their 30s and 40s increasing the risk by about 70% Elderly Smokers: higher risk to suffer from depressive symptoms than non-smokers  more significant for male than female

5. Smoking Effects Pregnancy Let’s start with the effects on the mother!

6. DANGER! DANGER! VERY ! DANGEROUS ! It is VERY ! DANGEROUS ! for pregnant women to smoke because… Smoke Smoke  contains more than 4,000 chemicals, such as cyanide, lead, and at least 60 cancer-causing compounds toxic chemicals get into mother’s bloodstream only source of oxygen and nutrients  your baby's only source of oxygen and nutrients contain 2 compounds are especially harmful: nicotine & carbon monoxide  they work together to reduce your baby's supply of oxygen!

7. Case Study #1 Katy, a smoker, pregnant for 7 months already How do you think her baby would look like in the worst case?

8. Katy’s baby may look like… This extra, webbed or missing fingers or toes! Delayed function of lungs! May be required to live in a respirator

9. Effects of smoking on the BABY die before they can be born affects baby's airway newborn with a congenital digital anomaly i.e. (presence of more than five fingers or toes on a hand or foot OR the absence of fingers or toes) Smaller head circumference than normal infants May boost up babies' blood pressure premature delivery According to the findings, airflow through the breathing tubes is, on average, 20% lower in babies with smoking mothers. Furthermore, this effect is noticeable throughout the first 18 months of life.

10. Case Study #2! A smoker, Mrs. Tong’s baby, seems to dislike her breast milk. Causing her starts worrying about the effects of smoking on her baby! ? What do you think she is worrying about?

11. Mrs. Tong should be worrying about… the taste and smell of breast milk  not enough nutrients for baby’s growth Baby’s lungs not ready to function  spend their first days or weeks attached to a respirator vulnerable to asthma, and have double or even triple the risk of suffering from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

12. Conclusion Smoking really causes terrible health problems for both the mother and the baby SO DON’T SMOKE!

13. The end