Perception of smoking-related health consequences among pregnant and non-pregnant women.
The objective was to examine the perception of smoking-related health consequences and its relationship to pregnancy and intent to quit. Over a two-week period, pregnant and non-pregnant women, intending and not intending to quit smoking, rated the probability for smoking-related health consequences to occur, given continuing to smoke and quitting smoking. Pregnant women who did not intend to quit smoking exhibited the lowest estimated probability for the smoking-related health consequences to occur if they continued smoking. For all women, there was a statistically significant estimated effect of quitting smoking. Renewed attention needs to be given to perceptions of health risks of smoking, especially among pregnant women.
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. monicaortendahl@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires