About 56 Percent of Pregnant Smokers Quit During Pregnancy
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 -- More than half of women who smoke before pregnancy quit while pregnant, according to research published in the May 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Lauren Kipling, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues used data from the 2021 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System to estimate the prevalence of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy and quitting behaviors during pregnancy.
The researchers found that the prevalence of cigarette smoking was 12.1, 5.4, and 7.2 percent before, during, and after pregnancy, respectively; more than half (56.1 percent) of women who smoked before pregnancy quit while pregnant. The jurisdiction-specific prevalences of smoking were 3.5 to 20.2 percent, 0.4 to 11.0 percent, and 1.0 to 15.1 percent before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and during the postpartum period, respectively. The percentage of women with a health care visit who reported that a health care provider asked about smoking was 73.7, 93.7, and 57.3 percent, respectively, at any health care visit before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and at the postpartum checkup.
"Routine assessment of smoking behaviors among pregnant and postpartum women can guide the development and implementation of evidence-based tobacco control measures at the jurisdiction and health care-system level to reduce smoking," the authors write.
Disclaimer: Statistical data in medical articles provide general trends and do not pertain to individuals. Individual factors can vary greatly. Always seek personalized medical advice for individual healthcare decisions.
© 2024 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
Posted May 2024
Read this next
AAN Issues Guideline for Use of Antiseizure Meds in People of Childbearing Potential
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 -- In a practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology, along with the American Epilepsy Society and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine...
High Level of Approval Observed for Polygenic Embryo Screening
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 -- There is a high level of approval for use of polygenic embryo screening, according to a study published online May 14 in JAMA Network Open. Rémy A...
Greater Teen Social Media Use Tied to Increased Cigarette Use
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 -- Social media use is associated with an increased risk for cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette use in teens and young adults, according to a study...
More news resources
- FDA Medwatch Drug Alerts
- Daily MedNews
- News for Health Professionals
- New Drug Approvals
- New Drug Applications
- Drug Shortages
- Clinical Trial Results
- Generic Drug Approvals
Subscribe to our newsletter
Whatever your topic of interest, subscribe to our newsletters to get the best of Drugs.com in your inbox.