Study uncovers shift from cigarettes to vapes among pregnant teens with mixed impact on newborns' health

The current study explored data collected from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System between 2016 and 2017. Data from over 10,000 American teenagers who gave birth to singleton children and whose records provided complete information on their use of smoking or vapes, as well as birth weight, were analyzed. The study aimed to determine whether babies born to adolescents who used either or both e-cigarettes and vapes were more likely to be SGA as compared to babies of non-smoking, non-vaping teenage mothers.