Effects of using smokeless tobacco during pregnancy on babies' birth weight

Background: Since ۴۰ years ago findings has shown that babies born from mothers who smokeweigh less than babies whose mothers don’t smoke. Also smokeless tobacco is usually cheap andavailable around the world. Therefore in this article we’re going to study effects of usingsmokeless tobacco during pregnancy on babies’ weight.Methods: I searched Google scholar, Pubmed, SID, Magiran by using these keywords: smokelesstobacco, pregnancy, LBW and ۲۰ articles were found from ۱۹۹۴ to ۲۰۲۲ which matched ourqualifications.Results: Using smokeless tobacco causes LBW and preterm babies to be born. The usage amountof smokeless tobacco has a correlation with preterm births, increase in tobacco use increasespreterm births. Some findings have shown that smokeless tobacco use causes more low birthweights in girls than boys but the reduction of weight in girls is more than that of boys. But moreresearch should be done in this field.Conclusion: Low birth weight and preterm birth are powerful factors of morbidity and mortalityin new-born babies and infants. Thus general regulations to support the youth of the populationshould be in a way to inform the pregnant women about the probable effect of using smokelesstobacco on the babies and advise them to stop using drugs in pregnancy period.

کلیدواژه ها:

Pregnancy ، Smokeless Tobacco ، LBW ، Preterm Babies