Maintenance of nonsmoking postpartum by women who stopped smoking during pregnancy.

Mullen, P D; Quinn, V P; Ershoff, D H · Am J Public Health · 1990

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This paper describes self-reported maintenance of nonsmoking at six months postpartum by women whose abstinence was verified beginning before the 20th week of pregnancy and continuing through delivery (n = 134). The overall maintenance rate of 37 percent was not related to sociodemographic characteristics, smoking and obstetric history, the time when quitting occurred, or a prenatal smoking cessation program. Although this rate is encouraging, more attention should be directed to sustaining prenatal abstinence from smoking beyond delivery.

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