Tackling Smoking During Pregnancy Could Help Plug Social Inequality Gap In Stillbirths And Infant Deaths

Tackling smoking during pregnancy may help to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirths and infant deaths by as much as 30-40%, according to new research published on http://www.bmj.com today. Smoking during pregnancy has been clearly linked to stillbirth and infant deaths and smoking rates during pregnancy vary markedly with socioeconomic position.

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