Student Choice 3

Tara Link

English 1010

Haley Stokes

April 14

Student Choice

(outline of topic)

1. Thesis- Smoking during pregnancy can be very harmful and disruptive for the unborn baby. It can cause many health problems after birth and in later life.

-smoking is known to adversely affect development of the central nervous system maternal smoking is related with lower verbal scores and poorer performance on specific language/auditory tests.

-It can lead to asthma in the baby.

-stats and charts on babies language development, or other affects of smoking

How would not smoking during pregnancy help the baby and mother?

2. First I will talk about what kind of women smoke during pregnancy- knowing this can help to prevent those certain women from smoking while pregnant. I’ll explain more about who smokes during pregnancy and why they are more likely to smoke during pregnancy.

3. Then I will talk about all the different health problems associated with smoking during pregnancy.

4. I will give statistics and charts on the this topic.

-How many babies die because of smoking mothers?

-How many get asthma because of smoking mothers?

-How many have language or central nervous system development issues because of smoking mothers?

5. Give a conclusion about the topic and kinda show my argument about the topic in the end.