Smoking: makes babies vulnerable (more than 1500/year in NZ)
- Takes oxygen, delivers poison
- Makes placenta struggle and it may ‘give up’ early (premature birth)
- Weakens vital systems as they develop
- Makes babies weak, sick and die
Smoking: highly significant SUDI risk
- As is ‘smoking + bed sharing’ combo (15% vs 2%; risk ↑ by 18 in Carpenter study)
- Smoking is involved in most bed sharing deaths
(77% in the Carpenter study)
Smoking: main cause of preventable death and disease for babies.
