TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy
T2 - An investigative survey of women in 9 developing nations
AU - Bloch, Michele
AU - Althabe, Fernando
AU - Onyamboko, Marie
AU - Kaseba-Sata, Christine
AU - Castilla, Eduardo E.
AU - Freire, Salvio
AU - Garces, Ana L.
AU - Parida, Sailajanandan
AU - Goudar, Shivaprasad S.
AU - Kadir, Muhammad Masood
AU - Goco, Norman
AU - Thornberry, Jutta
AU - Daniels, Magdalena
AU - Bartz, Janet
AU - Hartwell, Tyler
AU - Moss, Nancy
AU - Goldenberg, Robert
PY - 2008/10/1
Y1 - 2008/10/1
N2 - Objectives. We examined pregnant women's use of cigarettes and other tobacco products and the exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke (SHS) in 9 nations in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Methods. Face-to-face surveys were administered to 7961 pregnant women (more than 700 per site) between October 2004 and September 2005. Results. At all Latin American sites, pregnant women commonly reported that they had ever tried cigarette smoking (range: 78.3% [Uruguay] to 35.0% [Guatemala]). The highest levels of current smoking were found in Uruguay (18.3%), Argentina (10.3%), and Brazil (6.1%). Experimentation with smokeless tobacco occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India; one third of all respondents in Orissa, India, were current smokeless tobacco users. SHS exposure was common: between 91.6%(Pakistan) and 17.1%(Democratic Republic of the Congo) of pregnant women reported that smoking was permitted in their home. Conclusions. Pregnant women's tobacco use and SHS exposure are current or emerging problems in several low- and middle-income nations, jeopardizing ongoing efforts to improve maternal and child health.
AB - Objectives. We examined pregnant women's use of cigarettes and other tobacco products and the exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke (SHS) in 9 nations in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Methods. Face-to-face surveys were administered to 7961 pregnant women (more than 700 per site) between October 2004 and September 2005. Results. At all Latin American sites, pregnant women commonly reported that they had ever tried cigarette smoking (range: 78.3% [Uruguay] to 35.0% [Guatemala]). The highest levels of current smoking were found in Uruguay (18.3%), Argentina (10.3%), and Brazil (6.1%). Experimentation with smokeless tobacco occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India; one third of all respondents in Orissa, India, were current smokeless tobacco users. SHS exposure was common: between 91.6%(Pakistan) and 17.1%(Democratic Republic of the Congo) of pregnant women reported that smoking was permitted in their home. Conclusions. Pregnant women's tobacco use and SHS exposure are current or emerging problems in several low- and middle-income nations, jeopardizing ongoing efforts to improve maternal and child health.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117887
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117887
M3 - Article
C2 - 18309125
AN - SCOPUS:52449100415
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 98
SP - 1833
EP - 1840
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 10
ER -
