title: Characteristics of tobacco withdrawal in pregnant women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the management of tobacco withdrawal in pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire-based, descriptive survey included 979 post-partum women. The variables analysed included the characteristics of the mother and neonate at delivery, her smoking habits, her level of exposure to passive smoking, and the barriers to giving up smoking. The chi square test was used to analyse qualitative variables and the Students t-test for quantitative variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  76% of women who smoked at the start of pregnancy said that they had been asked about their tobacco consumption. However, only 16% had been asked by a clinician or midwife about their attempts to stop smoking. Seven percent were offered a specialised consultation, but only one-third attended. Seventy-six percent of women who failed to stop smoking during pregnancy had a partner who smoked compared with 63% of women who gave up. Dependency and stress during pregnancy also were lower for women who stopped smoking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare professionals seems to offer only rudimentary care. Simple strategies to help women give up smoking are required. The partner is an important target, especially if he can be persuaded to give up at the same time.
authors.affiliation: Maternité Port Royal, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Saint Vincent De Paul, APHP, Paris, France. gilles.grange@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grangé
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vayssière
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borgne
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouazana
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: L'Huillier
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valensi
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peiffer
authors.forename: Henri-Jean
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Aubin
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renon
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lebargy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution