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Smoking before, during, and after pregnancy.

L A Fingerhut1, J C Kleinman, J S Kendrick

  • 1Division of Analysis, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782.

American Journal of Public Health
|May 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Many pregnant women quit smoking, but most relapse soon after delivery. Lower education and higher pre-pregnancy smoking levels are linked to continued smoking during pregnancy.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Reproductive Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Smoking during pregnancy poses risks to both mother and child.
  • Limited national data exists on smoking patterns before, during, and after pregnancy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze national data on smoking behaviors of White women around pregnancy.
  • To identify factors influencing smoking cessation and relapse during the perinatal period.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the 1986 Linked Telephone Survey.
  • Reinterviewed 1,550 White women aged 20-44 from the 1985 National Health Interview Survey.

Main Results:

  • 39% of women who smoked before pregnancy quit during pregnancy.
  • Women with less education and heavier smoking habits were less likely to quit.
  • 70% of women who quit smoking during pregnancy relapsed within one year postpartum.

Conclusions:

  • While fetal health motivates cessation, high relapse rates suggest insufficient awareness of infant risks from passive smoke.
  • Interventions should address postpartum relapse and educate on infant health risks.

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