A recent survey has found that hundreds of mums-to-be are ignoring warnings and putting their unborn babies' lives at risk by smoking during pregnancy.

Portsmouth came out the worst with  around one in six mums smoking during their pregnancies in 2008/09. 

This works out to 425 women - the highest proportion of smoking mums-to-be Hampshire.

Elsewhere, 13 per cent of pregnant women smoked in 2008/09 in Havant, Gosport and Fareham. This was below the England average of 14.6 per cent, while Portsmouth (16 per cent) was above the country's average.

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