[What public health measures could reduce antenatal exposure to tobacco and improve the quality of perinatal care: the gynecologist-obstetrician's point of view].
The progression of addiction to smoking among young women is particularly alarming. The fatal effects of the nicotine-poisoning on the pregnancy and on the child constitute a serious public health issue. For young women, the period of maternity plays an essential educational role. Contact with medical care during pregnancy offers a special opportunity to establish a sound basis for health. Clinicians must strive to help women become fully aware of the fatal effects of smoking, providing methods and support for abstinence through a global, structured strategy of health care. The "Maternity without tobacco" network was developed to achieve these objectives. Expired CO analysis can be an interesting tool to search for active or passive addiction to smoking, and more generally carbon monoxide poisoning.
Depret-Mosser
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Clinique d'Obstétrique, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille, 2, avenue Oscar-Lambret, 59037 Lille.
Mathieu-Nolf
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Puech
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D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D000074606:Smoking Prevention