The influence of the Laplace pressure in polymer emulsion particles during aqueous heterogeneous free radical polymerization on the polymerization kinetics has been investigated. Calculations were carried out based on experimentally reported pressure dependences of propagation and termination rate coefficients. The results suggest that in most cases the effects are not likely to be significant, although under conditions of very small particles (diameter < 20 nm) and high interfacial tensions effects of the order of a few percent on propagation (increase in rate) and termination (decrease in rate) were predicted.