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smoking and pregnancy  

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  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy is one of the biggest causes of preventable disease in newborns worldwide. In 2002, 11.4 percent of pregnant woman in the United States smoked, contributing to health-care costs reported at $366 million. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Smoking and Pregnancy]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J187497G-5

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