Most moms know that smoking while pregnant is dangerous to their baby's health. After all, it says so right on the pack. While some mothers continue to struggle with their nicotine addiction even while pregnant, for others, the health of their child gives them strong motivation to quit.

"As soon as I discovered that I was pregnant, I put down my cigarettes and did not smoke at all while I was pregnant," says Greta Gunselman, mother of two from Harker Heights, Texas. "I felt it was important not to smoke because I did not think that it was right to submit my child to the dangers of smoking. I felt that what I decided to do to my body was my choice, but that that little child inside me did not need to suffer for those choices either."

Moms like Gunselman have heard of many of the health threats smoking poses for their unborn child, but new risks are being discovered all the time.

Dr. Cheryl G. Healton, president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation, a foundation that has created and implemented a national quit smoking campaign and resource for pregnant smokers called Great Start, says studies are now emerging that have found a link between maternal smoking and high blood pressure in the newborn.

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