[Smoking cessation in Galician [Spain] smokers during pregnancy and breast feeding, 1954-2004].
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.
Pérez-Ríos
Mónica
M
Servizo de Epidemioloxía, Dirección Xeral de Saúde Pública, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. mrmonica@usc.es
Santiago-Pérez
María Isolina
MI
Alonso
Begoña
B
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