Changes in Smoking Behavior Between First and Second Pregnancies

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

American Journal of Health Behavior

Abstract

Objective: To assess changes in maternal smoking behavior at the second pregnancy.

Methods: First and second birth certificates were matched for 5241 white and black mothers in Kansas City, Mo, who had singleton births between 1994 and 2003.

Results: The pregnancy-smoking quit rate was 24.9%, and the pregnancy-smoking initiation rate was 4.8%.

Conclusion: Twenty-five percent of women who smoked and 5% of women who did not smoke during their first pregnancy changed their behavior during their second pregnancy. These findings reflect a minimal net shift in pregnancy-smoking between pregnancies and support the importance of persistent antismoking socialization that is independent of a pregnant woman's previous pregnancy-smoking status.

DOI

10.5993/AJHB.31.6.3

Publication Date

11-2007

Keywords

maternal alcohol use, maternal smoking, pregnancy, smoking behavior, tobacco use

ISSN

1945-7359

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