OBJECTIVES: To use recent, national data to examine correlates of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy; quitting smoking during pregnancy; and relapsing by 24 months postpartum. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regression models used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort and accounted for relevant socio-demographic, clinical, and contextual covariates. RESULTS: Although socio-demographic characteristics including education, income, race/ethnicity, and marital status were associated with smoking at all time points, contextual factors including alcohol consumption, breast-feeding, and living with other smokers were also strongly associated with smoking, quitting, and relapsing. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study may facilitate the creation of more targeted interventions focusing on women at highest risk for smoking during this critical period.
OBJECTIVES: To use recent, national data to examine correlates of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy; quitting smoking during pregnancy; and relapsing by 24 months postpartum. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regression models used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort and accounted for relevant socio-demographic, clinical, and contextual covariates. RESULTS: Although socio-demographic characteristics including education, income, race/ethnicity, and marital status were associated with smoking at all time points, contextual factors including alcohol consumption, breast-feeding, and living with other smokers were also strongly associated with smoking, quitting, and relapsing. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study may facilitate the creation of more targeted interventions focusing on women at highest risk for smoking during this critical period.
Authors: Danielle E Parrish; Kirk von Sternberg; Mary M Velasquez; Jerry Cochran; McClain Sampson; Patricia Dolan Mullen Journal: Matern Child Health J Date: 2012-08
Authors: Christi A Patten; Richard A Windsor; Caroline C Renner; Carrie Enoch; Angela Hochreiter; Caroline Nevak; Christina A Smith; Paul A Decker; Sarah Bonnema; Christine A Hughes; Tabetha Brockman Journal: Nicotine Tob Res Date: 2009-12-17 Impact factor: 4.244