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Age of smoking onset as a predictor of smoking cessation during pregnancy
Xinguang Chen1, Bonita Stanton, Seetha Shankaran
1Prevention Research Center, The Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 St. Antoine Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. jimchen@med.wayne.edu
Objective:
To assess age of smoking onset as a predictor of smoking cessation during pregnancy.
Methods:
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of cross-sectional data for 35,687 women 15-34 years old from the 2000 and 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
Results:
Pregnant women (1805) were twice as likely to abstain as nonpregnant women (47.7% vs 23.3%). Initiation of smoking at >15 years old was associated with increased likelihood of 30-day abstinence during pregnancy (OR=1.75) after adjusting for confounders.
Conclusions:
The earlier a woman starts smoking, the more likely it is that she will smoke during pregnancy, underscoring the need for early prevention to protect mothers and the fetuses.
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