The prevalence of smoking among pregnant and postpartum women in Israel: a national survey and review

Fisher, N. F.; Amitai, Yona; Haringman, Miri; Meiraz, Hana; Baram, Nira; Leventhal, Alex

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.003

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“…23 In line with these recent studies, the prevalence of smoking in the present study was 16.5%. However, the prevalence of smoking found in the present study was lower than in other studies on Turkish women, including 18% among 499 pregnant women 11 or 23% among 256 women.…”

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Association of risk factors with smoking during pregnancy among women of childbearing age: an epidemiological field study in Turkey

Nur

2017

Sao Paulo Med. J.

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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Smoking during pregnancy is an important risk factor for maternal and infant health that is preventable. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with smoking behavior during pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: A household-based probability sample survey of 1,510 women was conducted in the center of the city of Sivas, Turkey, between September 2013 and May 2014. METHODS: The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was estimated according to independent variables by means of regression analysis. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was 16.5%. Logistic regression showed that being at a relatively young age (odds ratio, OR = 1.92, P = 0.025 for 15-24 age group; and OR = 2.45, P = 0.001 for 25-34 age group), having a low educational level (OR = 1.76, P = 0.032), being unmarried (OR = 1.48, P = 0.002) and living in an extended family (OR = 1.98, P = 0.009) were the factors associated with the risk of smoking during pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: Systematic attention should be paid to socioeconomic inequalities, to support women towards quitting smoking before or at an early stage of their pregnancies. Younger women and particularly those in lower socioeconomic groups should be targeted. This will lead to better pregnancy status, especially among young women.

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Association of risk factors with smoking during pregnancy among women of childbearing age: an epidemiological field study in Turkey

Nur

2017

Sao Paulo Med. J.

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“…Specific factors of smoking behaviour and addiction: Besides the partner's smoking behaviour, the degree of tobacco addiction is also an important factor. Specific factors of dependence such as quantitative consumption [22,25,27,28,30,32,35], symptoms of craving [29] and withdrawal [29], as well as the Fagerström test [29] all lead to the same conclusion: The higher the degree of addiction, the more difficult it is for women to quit smoking during pregnancy. The price of cigarettes does not play a significant role, as a major American study showed [25].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The key characteristics of the identified studies are summarised in Table 1 [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. As can be seen, the included studies differed substantially with regard to their study design, for example, in terms of the period surveyed, sample size, age range and statistical methods ( Table 1).…”

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confidence: 99%