[Smoking cessation in Galician [Spain] smokers during pregnancy and breast feeding, 1954-2004]
Mónica Pérez-Ríos1, María Isolina Santiago-Pérez, Begoña Alonso
1Servizo de Epidemioloxía, Dirección Xeral de Saúde Pública, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. mrmonica@usc.es
Objective:
To determine how many women living in Galicia (Spain) quit smoking during pregnancy and in the first 6 months of breast feeding. A second objective was to identify possible temporal changes in smoking cessation.
Method:
Data retrospectively provided by smokers and ex-smokers living in Galicia were analyzed.
Results:
A total of 31.9% (26.9-37.0) of Galician smokers did not quit smoking during pregnancy or in the 6 first months of breast feeding. No statistically significant differences were found in the percentage of women who stopped smoking in relation to the period when they became pregnant. A tendency towards lower cessation rates was found.
Conclusions:
A high percentage of pregnant women do not quit smoking during pregnancy or in the first 6 months of breast feeding. These data indicate that health policies on smoking during pregnancy and breast feeding should be improved.
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