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| A woman is obscured by a cloud of smoke as she enjoys a cigarette alongside a group of non-smokers in a park in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on Sunday. CHU LIN / FOR CHINA DAILY |
Secondhand exposure can harm mothers and their babies
Nearly two-thirds of reproductive-aged women on the Chinese mainland are routinely exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke at home, and more than half are routinely exposed at their workplaces, according to a survey by organizations including the World Health Organization.
The data were included as part of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, with the China content produced in 2010 by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States CDC and the WHO.
"Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure in reproductive-aged women can cause adverse reproductive health outcomes, such as pregnancy complications, fetal growth restriction, pre-term delivery, stillbirths and infant death," said Michael O'Leary, WHO representative in China.
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