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Social Factors, Psychopathology, and Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We investigated the relative importance of sociodemographic factors and psychiatric disorders for smoking among 453 pregnant women in the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Women with less than a high school education and those with current-year nicotine dependence had the highest risk of smoking (90.5%), compared with women with a college degree and without nicotine dependence (3.9%). More effective and accessible interventions for nicotine dependence among pregnant smokers are needed.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.102772

Authors: Stephen E. Gilman, Joshua Breslau, S.V. Subramanian, Brian Hitsman, Karestan C. Koenen

Institutions: Boston University, Harvard University, University of California, Davis, Miriam Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology (medical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse