Smoking in Pregnancy

Cope, Ian; Lancaster, Paul; Stevens, L. H.

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb110621.x

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“…The finding that younger age predicted smoking was not consistent with the results of Johnson et aL [36] and MacCorquodale & Ballweg [47]. However, of the eight Australian studies [6][7][8][9]11,13-I5] which used descriptive statistics or Z 2 tests to examine the influence of age, only one [14] did not identify younger age as being associated with smoking in pregnancy. Although the number of women who spoke a non-English language at home was small in this study (n = 89), it is also of interest that such women were much less likely to smoke.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…However, of the eight Australian studies [6-9,11,13-I5] which used descriptive statistics or Z 2 tests to examine the influence of age, only one [14] did not identify younger age as being associated with smoking in pregnancy. The only other Australian study [6] to examine the language background of pregnant women also reported a significantly lower level of smoking in women born in non-English-speaking countries. The only other Australian study [6] to examine the language background of pregnant women also reported a significantly lower level of smoking in women born in non-English-speaking countries.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…However, no countries have adopted this approach. Five of these studies report data collected more than a decade ago [6][7][8][9][10]. Five of these studies report data collected more than a decade ago [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Australia there have been 11 published studies which documented smoking prevalence in pregnancy [6--16]. Five of these studies report data collected more than a decade ago [6][7][8][9][10]. Of the remaining studies, one is a conference abstract [12], one had a small sample size [14] and three included data collected in the postpartum period [11,13,14].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to documenting the prevalence of smoking, many studies have also contrasted characteristics of pregnant smokers with pregnant nonsmokers and/or described pregnant smokers' knowledge of the risks of smoking in pregnancy [5][6][7][8][9]11,[13][14][15]. Table 1 presents a summary of 42 such studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

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This study examined the prevalence and predictors of smoking by pregnant women attending a public antenatal clinic. The prevalence of smoking in this population (n = 2577) was found to be 38.0% (95% CI 36.1-39.9%). A review of previous research investigating variables associated with smoking in pregnancy indicated that only three of 42 studies had used multivariate analysis. Using step-wise logistic regression analysis, five variables were found to be independent predictors of smoking in pregnancy: education (having 4 years or less high school), marital status (being unmarried), gravidity (being multigravida), age (being under 25 years) and language spoken at home (speaking English). The model correctly predicted 63.7% of cases. The knowledge and attitudes of pregnant smokers were also investigated using data from a sub-sample of consenting subjects. Three-quarters of the women claimed that they had reduced their smoking since discovering they were pregnant. However, their mean intake of 13.7 cigarettes daily remained at a hazardous level. Approximately half (51%) these smokers claimed to have tried to quit smoking in the current pregnancy. Most (61%) women said they believed smoking was definitely harmful to the unborn child. However, awareness and acceptance of specific risks were inadequate. Of the women in a current relationship, 72% said their partner was a regular smoker. Less than half (45%) the continuing smokers who had seen a doctor about their current pregnancy could recall being advised to stop smoking. There is a need for health care providers to adopt a more systematic and tailored approach to smoking cessation counselling. Efforts to convert quit attempts in pregnancy into sustained cessation represent a priority area of programme development and evaluation.

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