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Substance use during pregnancy, including smoking, e-cigarette use, alcohol and illicit drugs, is a risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, such as birth defects, developmental disabilities, preterm birth, low birthweight and infant mortality.
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- In Connecticut in 2021, 16.7% of women of childbearing age (18-44 years) reported binge drinking in the past month, compared to overall in the U.S.
- In Connecticut in 2018, 8.1% newborns per 1,000 hospitalized were diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
- In Connecticut in 2021, 12.4% of men reported smoking, compared to of men overall in the U.S.
- In Connecticut in 2019, 3.9% of mothers reported smoking during the last three months of pregnancy.
Notes: Smoking is defined as having ever smoked 100 cigarettes in a lifetime and currently smoking everyday or some days. Percent reported is among men ages 18 years and older. The following states did not conduct BRFSS surveillance every year and are not included in U.S. rates for the respective years: AK(1990), AR(1990,1992), DC(1995), KS(1990,1991), HI(2004), NV(1990,1991), NJ(1990), WY(1990-1993).
Sources: Smoking: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from www.marchofdimes.org/peristats.
- In Connecticut in 2021, 12.4% of men reported smoking, compared to of men overall in the U.S.
- Smoking is a major public health problem because not only can smoking harm a man's or woman's health, but smoking during pregnancy can lead to serious health problems in newborns (see the March of Dimes Fact Sheet on Smoking).