[Maternal smoking in pregnancy].
OBJECTIVE
In the last years has been a progressive increase of tabagism in the female sex. This study wanted to examine the influence of the pregnancy on voluntary practices and especially on smoking.


METHODS
140 women with a mean age of 33.05 years and with a mean gestational age of 28.56 weeks (range 5-42) were interviewed. Each one received a questionnaire about social and psychosocial status, a schedule about style of living (CAGE), a questionnaire "How much do you drink" (from SQQ) and a series of questions about smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study suggests that the tabagism decreases in the greatest part of pregnant women, and them increases again after child birth. Pregnancy gets women both to finish and to decrease smoking apart from social status and any variant contemplated.
D'Alfonso
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Cattedra di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università de L'Aquila, Italia.
Iovenitti
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Matteucci
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Mascaretti
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G
Carta
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*