Introduction Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk for pregnancy complications, including placenta previa, placental abruption, and premature rupture of membranes, and adverse infant outcomes such as cleft lip and palate, infant death, stillbirth, preterm delivery, restricted fetal growth, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) ( 1 )
(While nicotine pouches dont contain tobacco, the FDA does still regulate them.) An FDA spokesperson noted that the agencys review of new products looks for both potential benefits and risks like whether it offers adults a less harmful alternative to other tobacco products, or whether it introduces kids to them
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As noted above, PET studies similar to this one demonstrated that PLWH have elevated levels of the PET marker for neuroinflammation and higher levels of the marker are associated with worse cognitive impairments [19, 21]