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1. Quitting smoking in pregnancy

Author

Walsh, Raoul A., Lowe, John B., and Hopkins, Peter J.

Subjects
Health services administration -- Australia, Pregnancy -- Health aspects, Pregnant women, Smoking and women -- Risk factors, Health
Abstract

An investigation is conducted into smoking during pregnancy, which doubles the risk of low birthweight and increases the rate of perinatal death. It is seen that providers of healthcare do not perform adequately to intervene, and nor do programmes of postpartum relapse intervention.

Published
2001

2. Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome: a population-based study

Author

Haglund, Bengt and Cnattingius, Sven

Subjects
Infants -- Biography, Sudden infant death syndrome -- Risk factors, Smoking and women -- Risk factors, Government, Health care industry
Abstract

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death of a healthy infant, often during sleep. The cause of SIDS is not known and methods to prevent or predict SIDS have not been discovered. The most common age for SIDS is from one to six months. The rate of sudden infant death has doubled in Sweden since the 1970s, even as the overall infant mortality rate dropped by nearly 40 percent. Risk factors for SIDS were evaluated for a group of 279,938 infants born in Sweden between 1983 and 1985; the group included all infants who survived the first week of life. SIDS occurred in 7 per 10,000 babies for the entire group. Higher rates of SIDS were found if the mother was young, had more than one child, smoked cigarettes, and if the infant was male. Maternal smoking doubled the risk of SIDS, and the more the mother smoked, the greater the risk. The age at which infants died was apparently related to the mother's smoking as well; babies of smokers died younger. In Sweden and other similar countries, maternal smoking may be the most significant, preventable risk factor for SIDS. The number of infants who die from sudden infant death syndrome in Sweden could be reduced by 27 percent if all mothers did not smoke.

Published
1990

3. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of criminal behavior among adult male offspring in the northern Finland 1966 birth cohort

Author

Rasanen, Pirkko, Hakko, Helina, Isohanni, Matti, Hodgins, Sheilagh, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, and Tiihonen, Jari

Subjects
Behavior disorders in children -- Research, Criminal behavior -- Research, Pregnant women, Smoking and women -- Risk factors, Health, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

Objective: The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with greater risk for criminal behavior of the offspring in adulthood. Method: An unselected, general population cohort composed of 11,017 subjects (5,636 men, 5,381 women) was followed up prospectively from the sixth month of pregnancy to age 28 years. Interviews with the mother during the pregnancy, health records, and an assessment of the offspring at age 1 year provided information on risk factors. The Ministry of Justice provided information on criminal offenses for all subjects. Results: Because of the low rate of criminal offenses among women, the present analyses are restricted to men (N = 5,636). Compared to the sons of mothers who did not smoke, the sons of mothers who smoked during pregnancy had more than a twofold risk of having committed a violent crime or having repeatedly committed crimes, even when other biopsychosocial risk factors were controlled. While maternal smoking during pregnancy alone explained 4% of the variance associated with violent offenses among male offspring, it was not significantly associated with nonviolent offenses among male offspring. When maternal smoking during pregnancy was combined with a maternal age of less than 20 years, a single-parent family, an unwanted pregnancy, and a developmental lag in walking or talking, the odds ratios for violent offenses increased up to ninefold and for persistent offenses up to 14-fold. Conclusions: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with violent offenses and persistent offenses, but not with nonviolent offenses, among male offspring in adulthood.

Published
1999

4. Is the smoke bothering you?

Subjects
Smoking and women -- Risk factors, Smoking cessation programs
Abstract

Speak Up and Say So. If you care about someone who smokes, tell her how you feel, about both her and her smoking. The more you care about her, the […]

Published
2003

5. In case you haven't heard ..

Subjects
Smoking and women -- Health aspects, Smoking and women -- Risk factors, Lung cancer -- Causes of
Abstract

Cigarette smoking poses greater health risks for women.While smoking knocks three years off the average male smoker's life, it shaves 11 from a woman's life, according to Dutch government research. [...]

Published
2005

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