Question

How does smoking affect a nursing mother’s milk?
(1 point)

She produces milk that contains nicotine.

She produces no milk.

She produces milk with high levels of oxygen.

She produces more milk than nonsmoking mothers.

Answer 1

She produces milk that contains nicotine.

Nicotine and other tobacco toxins pass into breast milk and can expose the nursing infant; smoking can also interfere with milk production and let-down.