12:02 PM ET Nancy Shute Twitter i Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth, stillbirth and infant death. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth, stillbirth and infant death. iStockphoto Women who smoke while they're pregnant are more likely to have health problems, and their babies are at risk, too. But attempts to get women to stop smoking while pregnant usually fail. When pregnant women in Scotland got paid to quit, 23 percent of them managed to stop smoking, compared to 9 percent who quit after they got counseling, support calls and free nicotine replacement therapy, according to a study...
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