Maintenance of nonsmoking postpartum by women who stopped smoking during pregnancy.
American Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 August 1990Open access
P D Mullen, Virginia P. Quinn, D Ershoff
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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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