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Our analysis of the 2024 U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) birth data restricted to 2,973,679 singleton term births (37\u201341 weeks) reveals that 2.8% of infants were born LBW and 8.1% small-for-gestational-age (SGA). Smoking during pregnancy (2.2%) was associated with higher odds of LBW (aOR 2.19; 95% CI: 1.92, 2.51), SGA (aOR 1.90; 95% CI: 1.85, 1.96), and combined SGA\/LBW (aOR 2.75; 95% CI: 2.66, 2.84) than nonsmoking. Underweight BMI was associated with higher odds of SGA\/LBW (aOR 1.95; 95% CI: 1.89, 2.01) and overweight\/obesity with lower odds of SGA (aOR 0.69; 95% CI: 0.68, 0.70) than normal BMI. Joint associations of BMI and smoking on term SGA\/LBW were strongest (aOR 5.14; 95% CI: 4.62, 5.73) among underweight smokers. The additive scale interaction was positive for underweight smokers and negative for overweight\/obese smokers. 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