Based purely on empirical data, one might almost think a little nicotine and alcohol while in the womb makes babies tougher!
Also, keep in mind that when the same government that controls the medical studies also decides what measures must be taken as a result of those studies, there is an inherent conflict of interest.
I'm pretty certain not a whole lot of women were smoking between 1910 and 1940, so not very many of them. Male smoking does not produce damage to the baby to the extent that Female smoking does.
Also, keep in mind that when the same government that controls the medical studies also decides what measures must be taken as a result of those studies, there is an inherent conflict of interest.
You are not going to successfully dance around the argument that nicotine is harmful to children, so just stop it. We are grown ups here, and we are not foolish enough to fall for such silly arguments.