. . . or yeesh:

Staten Islanders are so reluctant to give up their cigarettes that one in five pregnant women still light up, alarmed city health officials said Tuesday.

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The Staten Island smoking rate has held at about 27% since 2002, even as other New Yorkers have given up the deadly habit. Nearly 20% of Staten Island moms reported smoking in their third trimester of pregnancy, according to a fresh look at a 2004-05 survey.

The Post is less polite:

Even when they’re knocked up, Staten Island’s Marlboro moms refuse to put their cigarettes down, according to disturbing figures the city released yesterday.

Ignoring common sense — and the advice of doctors — 19 percent of expectant Staten Island mothers admitted to smoking through their third trimester, compared with the 5 percent of pregnant women who smoke in the other four boroughs, city health officials said.

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City officials are trying to understand why Staten Island women are more willing to turn their babies’ umbilical cords into hookahs.