British women persist in smoking during pregnancy
Reducing smoking by pregnant women is a Health of the Nation target in
Britain. On p 728 Owen et al describe surveys of smoking in pregnant
women carried out in 1992-7. The prevalence of smoking was similar in
1997 and 1992, with a higher rate among younger women, mainly
reflecting social class. Among women who smoked before pregnancy rates
of stopping averaged 10% immediately before and 18% during pregnancy:
most women who stopped did so in the first trimester. The numbers of
women stopping fall short of the Health of the Nation's requirement
that a third of women should stop smoking at the start of their
pregnancy.
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