ABSTRACT
12.a.1. Bailey, R. R., The effect of maternal smoking on the infant birth weight, N. Z. Med. J., 71, 293—294, 1970. Study of 1300 pregnant women in New Zealand where 39% smoked during pregnancy, 13% smoked 10 to 20 cigarettes a day, and 5% smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day. Infants born to smokers weighed less than those born to nonsmokers. Gestation length was not affected by smoking. The incidence of congenital anomalies was not increased by maternal smoking.
