A recent study suggests that women who smoke during pregnancy are at a considerably higher risk of experiencing a stillbirth. The study followed women during their first and second pregnancies and found that women who smoked during both pregnancies had a 35% higher chance of a stillbirth than nonsmokers. Women who smoked during the first pregnancy, but had quit prior to their second pregnancy, decreased their chances of having a stillbirth. In addition, those who quit smoking for their second pregnancy showed no difference in the risk of stillbirth as compared to those who had never smoked before. Women who smoked more than ten cigarettes a day during their second pregnancy had a 45% increased risk of having a stillbirth.

Source: Reuters.com