[Smoking habits among pregnant women in Norway--suggestions for intervention].
Multiple surveys have shown that approximately 35 percent of women in Norway are daily cigarette consumers during their pregnancies. Smoking is the single most important risk factor in pregnancy leading to excessive rates of low birth weight, prenatal neonatal and infant mortality, sudden infant death syndrome and learning problems in school. Norway provides a decent prenatal care program free of charge to all pregnant women. But efforts to reduce smoking have been inadequate. A multilevel strategy including a media campaign, the policy changes recommended in the Action Plan "Smokefree Norway by the year 2000" and a standardized intervention program using generally available resources is suggested as a possible way to reduce the problem throughout the country.
Rognerud
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Graduate School for Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92182.
D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology