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Are E-cigarettes associated with postpartum return to smoking? Secondary analyses of a UK pregnancy longitudinal
Sophie Orton1, Lauren Taylor2, Libby Laing2
1School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK sophie.orton@nottingham.ac.uk.
Objectives:
Postpartum return to smoking (PPRS) is an important public health problem. E-cigarette (EC) use has increased in recent years, and in a contemporary UK pregnancy cohort, we investigated factors, including ECs use, associated with PPRS.
Design:
Secondary analyses of a longitudinal cohort survey with questionnaires at baseline (8-26 weeks' gestation), late pregnancy (34-36 weeks) and 3 months after delivery.
Setting:
17 hospitals in England and Scotland in 2017.
Participants:
The cohort recruited 750 women who were current or recent ex-smokers and/or EC users. A subgroup of women reported being abstinent from smoking in late pregnancy (n=162, 21.6%), and of these 137 (84.6%) completed the postpartum questionnaire and were included in analyses.
Outcome Measures:
Demographics, smoking behaviours and beliefs, views and experience of ECs and infant feeding.
Results:
35.8% (95% CI 28% to 44%) of women reported PPRS. EC use in pregnancy (adjusted OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.85) and breast feeding (adjusted OR 0.06, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.24) were inversely associated with PPRS, while household member smoking at 3 months post partum was positively associated with PPRS (adjusted OR 11.1, 95% CI 2.47 to 50.2).
Conclusion:
EC use in pregnancy could influence PPRS. Further research is needed to confirm this and investigate whether ECs could be used to prevent PPRS.
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