There was no mention of vitamin D in the CBS news item
From Smoking when pregnant may lead to behavior problems in kids CBS News July 2013
Highlights: Smoking Increases
- Miscarriage (known to be associated with low vitamin D)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (known to be associated with low vitamin D)
- mental health problems for children: ADHD, autism (known to be associated with low vitamin D)
- premature birth, (known to be associated with low vitamin D)
- cleft lip or palate (excess vitamin A or lack of folic)
See also VitaminDWiki
- Neonates were 288 gram (0.6 lbs) heavier if mother stopped smoking while pregnant – Oct 2016
- 75 percent of unexplained sudden infant deaths had inadequate level of vitamin D – April 2013
- Recurrent pre term birth and low vitamin D – Dec 2012
- How 60 ng of vitamin D enabled pregnancy - a personal story many miscarriages before
- Twins, no tan, winter, and smoking all associated with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy – Jan 2013
Thus, would suspect that previously having twins would also increase SIDS, ADHD, autism, etc - Pre-term birth 3X more likely and C-section 4X if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – May 2012
- Low vitamin D in pregnancy and 2X worse language skills later – Feb 2012
- Smoking reduces vitamin D - many studies 20+ studies
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
Suspect there are more problems of smoking while pregnant for dark skinned mothers - Miscarriage in first trimester 2.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – July 2015
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary
Most were taking 2,000 to 7,000 IU daily for >50% of pregnancy
Click on hyperlinks for details
Problem | Vit. D Reduces | Evidence |
| 0. Chance of not conceiving | 3.4 times | Observe |
| 1. Miscarriage | 2.5 times | Observe |
| 2. Pre-eclampsia | 3.6 times | RCT |
| 3. Gestational Diabetes | 3 times | RCT |
| 4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality | 3.5 times | Observe |
| 5. Premature birth | 2 times | RCT |
| 6. C-section - unplanned | 1.6 times | Observe |
| Stillbirth - OMEGA-3 | 4 times | RCT - Omega-3 |
| 7. Depression AFTER pregnancy | 1.4 times | RCT |
| 8. Small for Gestational Age | 1.6 times | meta-analysis |
| 9. Infant height, weight, head size within normal limits | RCT | |
| 10. Childhood Wheezing | 1.3 times | RCT |
| 11. Additional child is Autistic | 4 times | Intervention |
| 12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis | 1.9 times | Observe |
| 13. Preeclampsia in young adult | 3.5 times | RCT |
| 14. Good motor skills @ age 3 | 1.4 times | Observe |
| 15. Childhood Mite allergy | 5 times | RCT |
| 16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits | 2.5 times | RCT |
RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial
See also web
- CDC on Pregnancy and Smoking
- Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offspring Conduct Problems July 2013
- Maternal Smoking and Conduct Disorder in the Offspring Editorial in same issue
- Vitamin D link to MC somewhat explained BabyCenter Feb 2011