Abstract

Batara Imanuel Sirait* and Nia Reviani

ABSTRACT

Pregnancy is a fertilization process to continue the descent, and the resulting fetus will grow in the womb. The harmful impact of smoking on pregnant women are preterm labour, premature rupture of membranes, the threat of release of the placenta before birth, placenta previa, the impact on the baby is born with low birth weight. It was an analytic study with cross-sectional by distributing questionnaires. The number of samples used is 64 pregnant women who came to RSU Bunda Margonda Depok for antenatal care checkups from December 1 2016 – to February 28 2017. This study showed that 21 pregnant women answered; the smoke can damage the respiratory tract, whereas only six pregnant women who answered the impact of exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy is aborted. This study illustrates that the mother's knowledge of the dangers of exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy is still too common.