Vaping during pregnancy and maternal, fetal, and infant health outcomes: A scoping review of human and animal studies
Stella Fielder, Chloe Barnes, Laura Ormesher, Sarah Arrowsmith, Rehan Junejo, Michael Ussher, Alexander Heazell, Eman Allam · 2026
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Stella Fielder and seven co-authors map the research on vaping during pregnancy and its effects on mothers, fetuses, and infants. Use of e-cigarettes in pregnancy is rising, yet findings are scattered and often conflicting. Their scoping review gathers both human and animal studies to show what has been studied and what has been missed.
Searches completed in September 2025 found sixty-four studies, thirty-four in animals and thirty in humans. Human work relied mostly on memory-based reports of vaping, rarely checked with lab tests, and it focused on birth outcomes while skipping most measures of the mother's own body. Animal studies probed deeper mechanisms and flagged possible harm across breathing, metabolism, brain development, and blood vessels, with nicotine groups faring worst. The authors warn that species and dosing differences limit direct lessons for people, and they call for forward-looking human studies with measured exposure.
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| CREATOR | Stella Fielder, Chloe Barnes, Laura Ormesher, Sarah Arrowsmith, Rehan Junejo, Michael Ussher, Alexander Heazell, Eman Allam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |