title: [Cigarette smoking by the mothers of neonates and small children from Lublin area--survey studies].
abstract: Cigarette smoking by women in the reproductive age is a threat to the health of a woman as well as a child, in every stage of its life. The investigated group included 189 women aged 19-39. The survey studies were conducted among 123 women staying at the Clinic of Obstetrics and Obstetric Pathology of the Medical University in Lublin as well as 66 women who reported for the treatment at the Department of Conservative Dentistry, having been mothers of at least one child. The questions included in the survey concerned cigarette smoking by the women in the reproductive age considering their dwelling place, education and reporting for their oral health control check-ups. Study results revealed, that from the among 189 women cigarette smoking was reported by 12.70% of the respondents including 20.83% with higher education, 70.83% with secondary education, 8.33% with elementary education. 87.50% smoking women lived in the city whereas 54.17% respondents had one child and 45.83% at least two children. In the group of smoking women 8.33% reported that they limited the number of cigarettes during the day in pregnancy and 29.17% continued cigarette smoking. In the group of nicotine abstainers 56.97% women had higher education, 42.42% secondary education, 0.61% elementary education. 75.76 % lived in the city while 64.24% women had one child, 3576% at least two children.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Stomatologii Zachowawczej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie. zstzach@am.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakonieczna-Rudnicka
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bachanek
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grajewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult