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Correlates of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy
Laurie T Martin1, Michelle McNamara, Alyssa Milot
1Child Trends, Washington, DC 20008, USA.
Objectives:
To use recent, national data to examine correlates of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy; quitting smoking during pregnancy; and relapsing by 24 months postpartum.
Methods:
Multivariate logistic regression models used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort and accounted for relevant socio-demographic, clinical, and contextual covariates.
Results:
Although socio-demographic characteristics including education, income, race/ethnicity, and marital status were associated with smoking at all time points, contextual factors including alcohol consumption, breast-feeding, and living with other smokers were also strongly associated with smoking, quitting, and relapsing.
Conclusions:
Results of this study may facilitate the creation of more targeted interventions focusing on women at highest risk for smoking during this critical period.
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