title: Social factors, psychopathology, and maternal smoking during pregnancy.
abstract: We investigated the relative importance of sociodemographic factors and psychiatric disorders for smoking among 453 pregnant women in the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Women with less than a high school education and those with current-year nicotine dependence had the highest risk of smoking (90.5%), compared with women with a college degree and without nicotine dependence (3.9%). More effective and accessible interventions for nicotine dependence among pregnant smokers are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. sgilman@hsph.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breslau
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hitsman
authors.forename: Karestan C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Koenen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine