Here's how to close the gap on Indigenous women smoking during pregnancy
- Written by: Gillian Sandra Gould, NHMRC Research Fellow and CINSW Research Fellow, Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle
Indigenous women who smoke are well aware of the risks for their babies and want to do something about it. Ray KellyAlmost half of pregnant Indigenous women smoke compared to one in eight in the non-Indigenous population. This means 7,000-9,000 Indigenous Australian babies every year are exposed to smoking in the womb.
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