All you moms-to-be out there, listen up. If you are a smoker, and light up a fag every now and then to "de-stress" or just to break your boredom, then it's high time you quit smoking. Smoking not only harms you but also your baby. And the effects are quite long-term. Following are some of the dreadful effects of smoking during pregnancy:

• Babies whose mothers smoke are more prone to infection.
• Children are more likely to suffer from illnesses such as asthma.
• Chances of cot death increases due to smoking during pregnancy.
• Children suffer from sleep disorders from birth all the way through age 12 years.
• For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus (squint) by 5 percent. Further, the effect of smoking on the debilitating eye disorder may become more potent later in pregnancy.
• Exposure to smoke in womb risks childhood and young adulthood psychiatric problems.
• Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to pack on abdominal fat as teenagers.

And

Smoking during pregnancy 'may harm your son's fertility!'

So, stop smoking NOW.