
These images should be enough to encourage any expectant mum to put the cigarettes down.
Doctors have long warned that smoking while pregnant is bad for your baby’s development — but until now, we’ve never seen images showing just what that harm looks like on unborn babies.
And experts are hoping the scans will encourage mums struggling to put the cigarettes down and quit smoking.
In the image below, the baby featured at the top is the foetus of a smoking mother, while the baby on the bottom is that of a non-smoking mum.

According to Dr Nadja Reissland, who conducted the research at Durham University, babies should touch their face and mouth less the further along they develop.
These images show that cigarettes can delay the development of the baby’s central nervous system.
Read more: WATCH: Here’s how far behind Australia the rest of the world is on tobacco.