title: [Smoking cessation in Galician [Spain] smokers during pregnancy and breast feeding, 1954-2004].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine how many women living in Galicia (Spain) quit smoking during pregnancy and in the first 6 months of breast feeding. A second objective was to identify possible temporal changes in smoking cessation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data retrospectively provided by smokers and ex-smokers living in Galicia were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 31.9% (26.9-37.0) of Galician smokers did not quit smoking during pregnancy or in the 6 first months of breast feeding. No statistically significant differences were found in the percentage of women who stopped smoking in relation to the period when they became pregnant. A tendency towards lower cessation rates was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high percentage of pregnant women do not quit smoking during pregnancy or in the first 6 months of breast feeding. These data indicate that health policies on smoking during pregnancy and breast feeding should be improved.
authors.affiliation: Servizo de Epidemioloxía, Dirección Xeral de Saúde Pública, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. mrmonica@usc.es
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Ríos
authors.forename: María Isolina
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Santiago-Pérez
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain