Wellbeing of the newborn

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Smoking can lead to behavioural disorders

Smoking damages children's ability to learn.

The developing brain and central nervous system are easily damaged by cigarette smoke. In addition, behavioural disorders and concentration difficulties are more common in children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. Aggressiveness and hyperactivity are also more common. According to the most recent studies, psychiatric disorders are also more common among the children of smoking mothers.

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Smell the scent of your baby

Smoking damages a mother's sense of smell.

The scent of a small baby is considered unique. A smoking mother misses out on this experience because smoking impairs your sense of smell.

The sense of smell also plays an important role when the baby is bonding with his or her mother. If the mother smells of cigarettes, the baby becomes attached to the smell of cigarettes. The baby connects the smell of cigarettes with well-being and motherly love. The smell predisposes the child to smoking in later years.

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Smoke-free milk tastes better

If babies could decide, they would choose smoke-free milk.

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Smoke-free milk tastes better

If babies could decide, they would choose smoke-free milk.

Smoking reduces the nutrient content of breast milk. The breast milk of smokers contains only half the amount of vitamin C that non-smokers’ breast milk has. Breast milk tastes of cigarettes even an hour after smoking.

The breast milk of smokers exposes the baby to a high amount of toxic ingredients. Smoking also shortens the duration of breastfeeding, because heavy smoking can decrease lactation.

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Smoking while breastfeeding may increase the risk of colic and sleep disturbances. It can also cause the baby to suffer from nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.

Smoking while breastfeeding may increase the risk of colic and sleep disturbances. It can also cause the baby to suffer from nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.

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Passive smoking increases childhood diseases

A smoke-free life is the basic right of a child.

Too many Finnish children are exposed to cigarette smoke at home. Only a quarter of smoking parents smoke only when their children are not present.

According to studies, smoking is harmful for children even if the adult goes outside to smoke by themselves. The hair and clothes of the adult carry harmful particles contained in cigarette smoke which the child then inhales.

A home where the parents do not smoke sets a good non-smoking example for the children. The children of smokers take up smoking more often than the children of non-smokers.

Passive smoking is always a great risk to the health of children, whether they are exposed to smoke from outdoor or indoor air. The smoke exhaled by a smoker contains many times more toxic chemicals than the smoke inhaled by a smoker.

Tobacco smoke lowers the resistance of children to disease. A recurring cycle of infection is more common in the children of smoking parents.

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When the parents smoke, it increases the child's risk of developing recurring respiratory tract inflammations and ear infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma and allergies. Exposure to tobacco smoke also impairs the lung function of the child. In addition, smoke irritates the eyes, throat and airways.

The babies of smoking mothers suffer from nicotine addiction. They may have even more nicotine in their blood than their mothers do.

Newborns with nicotine addiction cry more, are more restless and may have tremors. A child should have a right to be more dependent on motherly love than on nicotine.

› Smoke-free milk tastes better

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Smoke-free milk tastes better