Effects of Smoking on the Fetus, Neonate and Child

• 1. Introduction to toxicity ; 2. Evidence for reduced fecundity in female smokers ; 3. Ectopic pregnancy and smoking: confounding or causality? ; 4. Effects of maternal tobacco smoke inhalation on early embryonic growth ; 5. The effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental structure and function in mid- to late gestation ; 6. The effects of smoking on oxygen transfer and placental circulation ; 7. Smoking and pre-eclampsia ; 8. The effects of smoking on fetal growth: evidence for a threshold, the importance of a brand of cigarette, and interaction with alcohol and caffeine consumption ; 9. A preliminary analysis of interactions between smoking and infant feeding ; 10. Parental smoking and respiratory problems in childhood ; 11. Antenatal smoking, postnatal passive smoking, and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ; 12. Exposure to passive cigarette smoking and child development ; 13. Prevention of smoking in pregnancy ; 14. Prenatal smoking interventions ; 15. Anti-smoking intervention during pregnancy ; 16. Impact on smoking behaviour and birth weight ; 17. Measuring serum cotinine to aid in smoking cessation during pregnancy and to enhance assessment of smoking-related fetal morbidity ; 18. Summary and conclusions

'an important and intriguing book, well worth reading'Ruth Gilbert, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 1993