title: [Smoking habits and smoking cessation in pregnancy: a study in Piedmont region].
abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate smoking habits in pregnancy in a sample of puerperae, by analyzing some risk factors associated with smoking. A retrospective study was conducted on 313 puerperae. Data about smoking habits and information received during pregnancy were collected from questionnaires compiled by the women. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed. A statistically significant correlation was found between passive smoking in the family environment and the frequency of women who smoked before and in the first trimester of pregnancy (p < 0.01). A statistically significant correlation was also found between smoking during a previous and the present pregnancy (p < 0.01). Cutting down on smoking before and during pregnancy was statistically significant (p < 0.01). We wanted to evaluate whether level of education, place of birth and health care information could have affected this trend. We found a significant decrease in smoking when analyzing each factor singly, while no statistically significance of the difference was showed by the multivariate analysis. The most surprising finding was the absence of a difference between women who had received information on smoking risks and those who reported never having received information.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Charrier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stroppiana
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Zotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution