Sentences with phrase «pregnant women smokers»

Participants in the study, which took place between 2006 and 2012, included 118 pregnant women smokers from the greater Burlington, Vt., area.

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What if a pregnant women's partner was a chain smoker, or an abuser?

The program includes A Pregnant Woman's Guide to Quit Smoking, a 40 page guide outlining a self - evaluation process to help women quit smoking over a 7 day period; a 15 minute motivational DVD; comprehensive counseling to help pregnant smokers quit or reduce their smoking; and follow up programming to help mothers establish a non-smoking home aftePregnant Woman's Guide to Quit Smoking, a 40 page guide outlining a self - evaluation process to help women quit smoking over a 7 day period; a 15 minute motivational DVD; comprehensive counseling to help pregnant smokers quit or reduce their smoking; and follow up programming to help mothers establish a non-smoking home aftepregnant smokers quit or reduce their smoking; and follow up programming to help mothers establish a non-smoking home after birth.

* The Tilly's Tracks project included pregnant Indigenous women who: were smokers; agreed to participate; attended for their first antenatal care visit before 20 weeks» gestation; were Townsville residents; did not have mental illness; and were not being treated for the use of any substance other than tobacco.

2 Comparison of demographic and other characteristics for smokers and non-smokers among 302 pregnant Australian Indigenous women attending the Mums and Babies program at the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service between 1 November 2005 and 31 October 2007

For many women, pregnancy acts as a significant prompt to quit smoking.8, 9 Around one in five pregnant smokers quit by the time of their first antenatal visit.10, 11 Those who experience social disadvantage, and those who are heavy smokers, less educated, or exposed to SHS in the home are less likely to quit.12, 13

We also relied on self - report of smoking status, and this has been shown to underestimate numbers of pregnant smokers.25 Our data on smoking behaviours of mothers and household members were limited — we did not collect data on pregnant women's smoking history or on previous quit attempts.

Our findings are consistent with those of other researchers who found that, while Indigenous women who smoke during pregnancy have low to medium nicotine dependency, 16,23 the number of smokers in the household is significantly associated with smoking among pregnant Indigenous women.24

As this may impose significant health impacts through fetal genetic programming, more efforts should be made to reduce fetal tobacco exposure by educating pregnant women to not smoke and motivating smokers to quit in early pregnancy.