title: State-specific estimates of complete smoke-free home rules among postpartum women, 2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Secondhand smoke exposure increases an infant's risk of morbidity and mortality. We provide state-specific estimates for and characterize postpartum women with complete smoke-free home rules.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were analyzed from 26 states and New York City (n=37,698) from the 2010 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a population-based survey of women who recently delivered live-born infants. We calculated state-specific estimates of complete rules and assessed associations between complete rules and selected characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 93.6% (95% CI: 93.1-94.1) of women with recent live births had complete smoke-free home rules (86.8% [West Virginia] to 98.6% [Utah]). Demographic groups with the lowest percentage of rules were women who smoked during pregnancy/postpartum (77.6%), were non-Hispanic Black (86.8%), never initiated breastfeeding (86.8%), < 20 years of age (87.1%), <$15,000 annual income (87.6%), < 12 years of education (88.6%), unmarried (88.6%), initiated prenatal care late/had no prenatal care (88.8%), had Medicaid coverage (89.7%), had an unintended pregnancy (90.3%), and enrolled in WIC (90.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevalence of complete smoke-free home rules was high among women with recent live births; however, disparities exist by state and among certain sub-populations. Women, particularly smokers, should be educated during and after pregnancy about secondhand smoke and encouraged to maintain 100% smoke-free homes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: vtong@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Van T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Yalonda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hutchings
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Farr
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.affiliation: Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006798:Housing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011159:Population Surveillance; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
keywords: Environmental tobacco smoke; Home; Infant; Pregnancy; Reproductive health; Secondhand smoke; Tobacco