I was really disappointed when I saw recently married Nollywood diva Nse Ikpe-Etim smoking cigarettes, because she is pregnant. In fact, she and popular singer Waje were sharing cigarettes in Yenagoa during the recent Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Her husband Clifford Sule should know how harmful smoking is to even everybody.

Smoking makes it harder to conceive, irrespective of which partner smokes.

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How smoking harms the unborn baby

Babies born to mothers who smoke:

are more likely to be born prematurely and with a low birth weight (below 2.5kg or 5lb 8oz).
have a birth weight on average 200g (7oz) less than those born to non-smokers. This effect increases proportionally - the more the mother smokes, the less the child weighs.
have organs that are smaller on average than babies born to non-smokers.
have poorer lung function.
are twice as likely to die from cot death. There seems to be a direct link between cot death and parents smoking.
are ill more frequently. Babies born to women who smoked 15 cigarettes or more a day during pregnancy are taken into hospital twice as often during the first eight months of life.
get painful diseases such as inflammation of the middle ear and asthmatic bronchitis more frequently in early childhood.
are more likely to become smokers themselves in later years.

In addition, pregnant women who smoke increase their risk of early miscarriage.

In later pregnancy, smoking mothers are at increased risk of the baby's placenta coming away from the womb before the baby is born (placental abruption). This may cause the baby to be born prematurely, starve of oxygen, or even to die in the womb (stillborn).

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Na her problem be dat

How on earth is that our problem.

I don't even know her; let alone as a Nigerian Celebrity.

no pictures of her and waje sharing the cigarette? *yimu*

Upon the long note you didn't put pic

tinuolababy: Na her problem be dat

abio

Seeing is believing....oya show us proof

samflex: no pictures of her and waje sharing the cigarette? *yimu*

and d pix didnt show her smoking. lol
but for real, smokers are liable to die young, nt to tok of a 'baby smoker'
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samflex: no pictures of her and waje sharing the cigarette? *yimu*

and d pix didnt show her smoking. lol
but for real, smokers are liable to die young, nt to tok of a 'baby smoker'
.

samflex: no pictures of her and waje sharing the cigarette? *yimu*

and d pix didnt show her smoking. lol
but for real, smokers are liable to die young, nt to tok of a 'baby smoker'
.

You should have taken a picture. Since you did not, we have no way of knowing whether or not you are telling the truth.

Kolade9: Upon the long note you didn't put pic

.no be small long note

@OP. Why type in such large fonts?

What are you even on about?!

Are you reporting that Nse Ekpe is pregnant and smoking or smoking is bad for pregnant women?

You expect people to believe this crap?

Seun: You should have taken a picture. Since you did not, we have no way of knowing whether or not you are telling the truth.

Well said!

@Post

How do you even know she is pregnant? I just saw pictures of Nse's traditional wedding recently and her stomach looked flat. Even if she is only a few weeks pregnant, how did you know? Did she personally tell you? because to the best of my knowledge, Nigerian women tend to keep their pregnancies a secret until the tummy grows big enough that they can no longer hide that they are pregnant. They are not like American women for instance who will excitedly tell you they are pregnant even if they are only 2 days pregnant. So again, how do you know Nse is pregnant?

Nigerians, una too like to dey mind other people's business. It is one of the many obnoxious habits I totally dislike about the average Nigerian and why I keep most Nigerians at arms length. Its like, you people don't know what to do with your lives other than keep minding others people own.

Kolade9: Upon the long note you didn't put pic

For midnight for hotel?
And i will be snapping a married woman smoking for Niger Delta?

Orikinla:

For midnight for hotel?
And i will be snapping a married woman smoking for Niger Delta?

If you can post a thread about it on Nairaland, taking a picture should be no big deal.

Is this a lecture?Gossip

ok you saw her in London....oh sorry Abakaliki,what I'm I even typing sef,Sambisa forest smoking iwin skunkere.ok yenagoa.Brb,My keypad is malfunctioning.