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'Smoke Free for Baby and Me' campaign to raise awareness of health benefits of quitting smoking 

November is "The Great American Smokeout Month" and the Macon County Public Health Center is supporting a campaign to raise awareness of the immediate health benefits of quitting smoking with pregnant women and mothers with young children.

Stopping smoking is probably the single most effective step a pregnant woman can take to improve her own health and that of her baby, according to the Centers for Disease Control director. If you are pregnant and smoke:

-- You double the chances that your child will be born with a low birth weight.

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