World No-Tobacco Day 2023: Here's How Smoking Affects Pregnancy And Women's Health
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World No-Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on May 31 to educate people about the perils associated with tobacco consumption.
"Best time to quit smoking is at least four months before pregnancy, that is, whenever you plan pregnancy," Dr Rajashri Tayshete Bhasale, Consultant Gynecologist, Laparoscopic Surgeon and Obstetrician at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road, told IANS. "Smoking can interfere with females' normally functioning ovaries and reduces the number of mature eggs that can be fertilised by lowering the egg count," Dr Manju Gupta, Senior Consultant - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Motherhood Hospitals, Noida. According to health experts, exposure to even secondhand or passive smoking can harm biological processes during preconception, pregnancy, and post-delivery.
"Even during the nine months of pregnancy, a woman's susceptibility to secondhand smoke's effects might alter, reflecting various pathways of harm as the