Yes. I very much do have evidence that maternal smoking prevalence is high. No, I'm not saying health effects are negligible, you're the only one saying that. I'm saying that it looks (to me) like something that should be prevented, not something that would warrant by itself considering an abortion because of the risks (which was in the post immediately previous to my comment. Reading comprehension?). If you look at the statistic you'll notice that (assuming the sample is representative of the population) roughly 1/3 of British teenagers have been born to smoking mothers. So far I have not heard any reports of an apocalypse in the UK (barring Brexit, but you can hardly blame that on British teens, can you?)
I also looked up the risk of cleft pallate with maternal smoking, which is about twice as much as in the general population. That's certainly very bad, but, given that the overall incidence is around 1 per 700 births, I think that it's not a
dramatic increase in the
absolute numbers. At the very least not bad enough to go into a panic about it. Most pregnant women who smoke won't, in fact, have children with clefted pallate
Have you even bothered to look up any of these yourself? In the future learn to do your own homework.
Once again: my point is tthat if you're going to talk about the risks of smoking (which are certainly not negligible. That's once again
your term, not mine), you have to be
realistic. Would I recommend avoiding smoking during pregnancy? Certainly. I would also inform the would be mother of the
real dangers involved, both for her and her child, short and long term. With numbers. I would be
very cautious before making any dramatic recommendations, as should you, if you're really a healthcare professional of some stripe.