Citywide smoking ban contributes to significant decrease in maternal smoking, pre-term births
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
New research takes a look at birth outcomes and maternal smoking, building urgency for more states and cities to join the nationwide smoke-free trend that has accelerated in recent years. According to the new data, strong smoke-free policies can improve fetal outcomes by significantly reducing the prevalence of maternal smoking.