Hi,

Just the smell of cigarette smoke on someone is not going to hurt your baby that much. It may give the baby congestion though, which could lead to ear infections. The worst thing about cigarette smoke for babies is the carbon minoxide in the smoke. The smallest amount of carbon minoxide can suffocate a baby because their lungs are not developed enough to handle it. My 5 month old nephew died b/c my terrible stupid half-brother and his wife smoked cigarettes around him in their apartment. The official cause of death by the coroner was SIDS but their pediatrician told them that they killed him with cigarette smoke.  Whatever you do, DON'T let anyone smoke around your baby and don't let your baby be exposed to any secondhand smoke!!

Not only does smoking correlate with SIDS but when I was pregnant with my second son, Jake, we were living with my boyfriend's parents. His dad was a heavy smoker and when I went into labour and eventually and obviously delivery, the umbilical cord was so thin they said they could see through it and since Jake was 6 pounds when he was born, they said it had caused him to lose a lot of nutrients resulting in his small size. Because of the umbilical cord being so thin, the nurses had told the paedatrician that I had smoked through my pregnancy even though I have not smoked a cigarette in my life! They said if the umbilical cord had been any thinner it could have lead to a possible miscarriage!