without question probably the most common condition that we see in smoking moms is something called toxemia of pregnancy . 
toxemia , by the very word , it is a poison . 
we do not know exactly what that poison is , but something occurs in those moms that develop toxemia . 
it is not always because of smoking , but frequently it is . 
and also so often that condition will lead also to pre-term labor and delivery and one of these low birth weight infants . 
in the extreme , toxemia of pregnancy before birth results in a very , very high blood pressure . 
it can cause a stroke , a deep coma , one from which sometimes the mother never recovers and the child is lost . 
so we are talking about one of the worst complications of pregnancy other than just out and out exsanguination from bleeding , which is also a possibility in any pregnancy . 
but smoking , we see that condition more often . 
and then , of course , childhood asthma , which i am sure the gentleman has seen plenty of cases of that , youngsters that come in because there is that secondary smoke situation . 
not only do they have to suffer with it during the 9 months of pregnancy of their mom ; but once they are born , that smoking continues in the household . 
so it is a huge complication , no question about that . 
