Smoking during pregnancy and postpartum among Tunisian women

Fakhfakh, Radhouane; Jellouli, Manel; Klouz, Anis; hamida, Majid Ben; Lakhal, Mohamed; Belkahia, C; Achour, Noureddine

doi:10.3109/14767058.2010.531317

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“…All collected data were based on self‐reported data and were subject to some biases inherent in such information. The validity of self‐reported smoking is well established; however, due to cultural differences the validity of self‐reported smoking was been documented to be relatively lower among Tunisian women (Fakhfakh et al, ). The same bias could affect validity and reliability of questions concerning ELAs.…”

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Exposure to community and collective violence during childhood and tobacco use patterns among young adults in Tunisia

Mhamdi

Lemieux

Salah

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Accumulating evidence demonstrates that experiencing intrafamilial adversities (abuse, neglect and household dysfunction) during childhood is linked to addictive behaviours. However, the impact of social adversities (peer, community and collective violence) as well as gender, on tobacco initiation and dependence has received much less attention. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between social childhood adversities and tobacco use patterns by gender among young adults in Tunisia. We performed a cross-sectional study from May to December, 2014 on 1,200 respondents using the validated Arabic version of the World Health Organization Adverse Childhood Experiences-International questionnaire (WHO ACE-IQ). Data on smoking characteristics among current smokers were also collected. Data analysis was performed using logistic and linear regression models. The rate of current tobacco use was significantly higher for males (43.9%) than for females (9.3%). Female and male respondents differed significantly on almost every examined adversity. Males were more likely to have experienced all types of social violence than females. The odds of tobacco use were significantly higher regardless the mental health status and the occurrence of intrafamilial early life adversity for both genders. Smokers exposed to social violence during childhood had a strong association between nicotine dependence and the overall burden of adversity. That is, 74 and 58% of nicotine dependence was explained by the number of childhood social adversities in females and males respectively. The findings underscore the role of community and collective violence in addictive behaviours among young adults. Multisectorial and population-based strategies are needed to minimise the occurrence of social early life adversity and related tobacco patterns.

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Exposure to community and collective violence during childhood and tobacco use patterns among young adults in Tunisia

Mhamdi

Lemieux

Salah

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“…A nationwide population-representative survey in Serbia found 37% of women smoked at some point during pregnancy, and the rate was 2 to 3 times higher than in the most affluent Western countries [49]. In comparison, in Tunisia the smoking prevalence among pregnant women or mothers of newborn infants was 4% [50], but the validity of self-reported daily smoking was relatively low according to urinary cotinine values, which showed the pregnancy-related smoking prevalence was 18.8%, similar to that reported in another country of the same geographical and cultural region, Lebanon, where it was 20% [50,51]. …”

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The many faces of tobacco use among women

Jassem

2014

Med Sci Monit

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Smoking is still considered to be mainly a male problem. However, it is estimated that there are approximately 250 million women worldwide who smoke cigarettes and millions more women who use smokeless tobacco products. This article addresses the many facets of tobacco use among women. The aim of the paper is to increase recognition among clinicians and researchers of the specific characteristics of female tobacco use. Together with providing epidemiological data on the distribution of tobacco use among women and data from population-based analyses on sociocultural factors that influence it, the article presents tobacco use during pregnancy as a particularly important public health problem. Further, the article points out sex-related differences (ie, physiological, psychological, or behavioral) between male and female tobacco use. A special focus is on the important role of ovarian hormones. Adverse effects of tobacco use to women and their children as well as tobacco-related morbidities and comorbidities are presented, and women’s greater susceptibility to tobacco constituents as compared to men is stressed. Awareness of these differences can contribute to improvement of the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs addressed both to the specific female population and to an individual smoking woman.

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“…18 Fakhfakh halla en su estudio una prevalencia de 4% en Tunes. 19 Y finalmente, Bloch en su investigación informa una prevalencia del 18% en Uruguay, 10,3% en Argentina, 6,1% en Brazil y 0,6% en Ecuador y Guatemala. 20 Por otra parte, nuestro estudio muestra que un poco más de la mitad de las mujeres gestantes dejan de fumar.…”

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Prevalencia de tabaquismo en una población de embarazadas en el Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín (Colombia)

Cortés-Yepes

2011

Rev. Colomb. Obstet. Ginecol.

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Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia del tabaquismo durante el embarazo y sus factores asociados. Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal en pacientes gestantes a quienes se les realizó una encuesta en el servicio de Medicina Materno Fetal del Hospital Universitario de la Fundación San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín, en el período de septiembre de 2009 a noviembre de 2010. Se realizó un muestreo secuencial consecutivo estricto. Se evaluó la prevalencia del consumo de tabaco, el porcentaje de suspensión durante la gestación, la edad y el número de hijos. Resultados: se realizaron 2171 encuestas. La prevalencia de tabaquismo fue de 7,3%, (IC 95% 6,3 -8,5), de éstas el 56% (90gestantes) dejaron de fumar cuando se enteraron de su embarazo. En las 70 pacientes que continuaron fumando el promedio de consumo fue de 7,2 cigarrillos al día. Conclusión: el consumo de cigarrillo durante el embarazo es un problema que afecta a nuestras gestantes. Se deben hacer nuevos estudios de tipo poblacional de mayor cobertura para evaluar con mayor precisión la magnitud del problema. SUMMARYObjective: determining the prevalence of cigarette smoking during pregnancy and its associated factors. Materials and methods: cross sectional study in pregnant women to whom were carried out a survey A strict sequential sample was performed. The prevalence of tobacco consumption, the percentage of cessation during gestation, age, number of children were evaluated. Results: 2171 surveys were performed. The prevalence of cigarette smoking was 7.3%, (IC 95% 6.3 -8.5), and 56%, (90 people) gave up smoking when they found out that they were pregnant. 70 patients continued to smoke, with an average of 7.2 cigarettes a day. Conclusion: the cigarette consumption during gestation is a problem that affects our pregnant women. New research must be done in a population

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Smoking during pregnancy and postpartum among Tunisian women

Abstract: These results substantiate the unreliability of self-report on smoking status among women in prenatal and postnatal period and have implications in clinical and education practice.

Cited by 12 publications

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Exposure to community and collective violence during childhood and tobacco use patterns among young adults in Tunisia

Exposure to community and collective violence during childhood and tobacco use patterns among young adults in Tunisia

The many faces of tobacco use among women

Prevalencia de tabaquismo en una población de embarazadas en el Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín (Colombia)

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