Health problems in children that have a correlation to their mothers smoking while pregnant:

•  Premature rupture of membranes
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher rates of premature rupture of membranes (the mom's water breaking too soon) while the infant is still in the womb.

•  Abruptio placentae
Smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for abruptio placentae (placenta separation from the uterus), a complication during pregnancy that can threaten the lives of mom and baby.

•  Placenta previal
Smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for placenta previal (abnormal location of the placenta, which can cause massive and dangerous bleeding during delivery).

•  Spontaneous abortion
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher rates of spontaneous abortion.

•  Stillbirth
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher rates of stillbirth.

•  Premature birth
Women who smoke during pregnancy are at risk for premature birth.

•  Small for gestational age
Infants born to women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be small for gestational age (smaller than they should be given their age from the time of conception).

•  Low birth weight
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher rates of low birth weight.

•  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with higher rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

•  Infantile colic
Smoking during pregnancy may increase the risk of colic in newborns.

•  Lung/breathing problems at birth
Maternal smoking during pregnancy can negatively affect the lungs of healthy newborn babies. This finding is in addition to lung problems often associated with babies who are too small at birth, which can also be caused by moms who smoke while pregnant.

•  Limb deformities (missing or partial limbs)
Maternal smoking during pregnancy raises the odds that babies will have missing, or partial limbs - arms, legs. Smoking could damage the limbs being formed in the womb by causing interruption of blood supply to the tissues.

•  Crossed eyes in newborns
Smoking while pregnant increases risk of crossed eyes in newborn.

•  Vascular retinal abnormalities of the eye (usually improved by six months of age)
Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes increased frequency of problems affecting the blood supply and nerve formation of the retina, the lining in the back of the eye. These retinal abnormalities usually resolve by 6 months of age.

•  Hearing defects
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy have performed poorer on tests of auditory functioning than children of mothers who did not smoke during pregnancy.

•  Damage to reproductive organs of unborn child
Smoking during pregnancy may damage the sex/reproductive organs of unborn child.

•  Meningitis
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to acquire meningitis (a dangerous infection of the lining of the brain and upper spinal cord) than children of mothers who did not smoke.

•  Cleft lip and palate
Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft lip and palates.

•  Mental retardation
Smoking during pregnancy has been associated with increased risk of mental retardation.

•  Children's tendency to smoke
Children of mothers who smoked while pregnant are more likely to smoke, start earlier.

•  Negative behaviors in children
Survey found maternal smoking to be related to negativity and negative behaviors in children, especially at toddler ages.

•  Adverse effect on learning, memory, problem solving and eye-hand coordination
Maternal smoking during pregnancy has a small but significant negative effect on learning, memory, problem solving and eye-hand coordination in preadolescents.

•  Child behavior problems
Smoking during pregnancy has had adverse effects on later behaviors of children; particularly aggression problems appear to increase.

•  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
A recent Swedish study found an increase in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and deficits in attention, motor control, and perception in children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy.

•  Criminal behavior in male offspring
A correlation has been found between maternal prenatal smoking and criminal behavior in male offspring.