Vaping vs smoking in pregnancy

If you recently had a positive pregnancy test, you may think vaping in pregnancy is safer than smoking in pregnancy. However, despite vaping being marketed as a safer and healthier smoking alternative for the user, vaping and smoking have been found to cause similar effects on lung function and cardiovascular function

Nicotine is the primary agent in both regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Nicotine is a health danger for a pregnant woman and her fetus, causing damage to the developing brain and lungs. It’s well known that cigarette smoking in pregnancy can harm women and their babies. 

While e-cigarettes might expose a growing baby to fewer toxins compared with those from regular cigarette use, nicotine exposure of any kind is harmful to a baby.

When you’re pregnant, everything you put in your body can affect your pregnancy. If you smoke or vape, your fetus is exposed to nicotine.

This exposure to nicotine due to vaping or smoking in pregnancy increases the chance of: