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  • Smoking prevalent among pregnant women enrolled in Illinois WIC program

    Mar 18, 2020 10:45 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    social work professor Karen M. Tabb and Brandon Meline, the director of maternal and child health management at Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • social work professor Karen M. Tabb and Brandon Meline, the director of maternal and child health management at Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Despite public-awareness campaigns about the potential health risks of smoking while pregnant, more than 15% of low-income women in Illinois may be lighting up anyway.