Source summary: 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on The

This is a report summarizing the findings of the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on The
Health Consequences of Smoking. The Report discusses various aspects of cigarette
smoking and the effects if has on the body, but I focused on the section addressing
women and reproductive health. The report documents that smoking harms every phase
of reproduction, increasing the risk of complications during pregnancy; It raises the risk
of premature birth, low birth weight infants, stillbirth, and infant mortality. This
information was helpful, and I was also able to get some background information about
Luther Terry, the first Surgeon General in the US who linked cigarette smoking to 3
major health problems.

Citation:


U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The Health Consequences of
Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2004. 9 Jan. 2007. Office of the
Surgeon General. 5 Feb. 2007.