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Smoking behaviour before, during, and after pregnancy: the effect of breastfeeding.
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- Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Pooled it
- Short and long term health effects of parental tobacco smoking during pregnancy and lactation: a descriptive review.Journal of translational medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Protocol for study of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy (FISCP): randomised, multicentre study.BMJ open · 2016Trial
- Breastfeeding initiation in the context of a home intervention to promote better birth outcomes.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2013Trial
- Infant Caregiving as a Resilience Factor for Postpartum Substance Misuse: A Scoping Review.Adversity and resilience science · 2026Review
- The influence of perinatal high-risk behavior on maternal and neonatal health.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with tobacco use among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in India: insights from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Psychosocial and environmental risk factors of obesity and hypertension in children and adolescents-a literature overview.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Cigarette smoking during breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: Prevalence and demographic and socio-economic predictors.PloS one · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Smoking Relapse in the Early Postpartum Period: A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Spain.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- NASCITA Italian birth cohort study: a study protocol.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Prospective associations of breastfeeding and smoking cessation among low-income pregnant women.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- Changes in the smoking behavior of pregnant women andtheir family members during pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in China.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Environmental risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome in Japan.European journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
- Prevalence and determinants of preconception folic acid use: an Italian multicenter survey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
- Maternal smoking in pregnancy and its influence on childhood asthma.ERJ open research · 2016Review
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- Prevalence of maternal preconception risk factors: an Italian multicenter survey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2014Article
- The relationship between maternal-fetal attachment and cigarette smoking over pregnancy.Maternal and child health journal · 2014Article
- Smoking and pregnancy--a review on the first major environmental risk factor of the unborn.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Review
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Abstract
Data for this study were obtained from a population-based follow-up study in 25 Italian Local Health Units (LHUs) to evaluate pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care in Italy. A sample of 3534 women was recruited and interviewed within a few days of their giving birth and at 3, 6, and 12 months after delivery, by trained interviewers using questionnaires. The objective of the study was to evaluate changes in smoking behaviour from one interview to the next. Of 2546 women who completed the follow-up, smoking prevalences before and during pregnancy were 21.6% and 6.7%; smoking prevalences and smoking relapse at 3, 6, and 12 months were 8.1% and 18.5%, 10.3% and 30.3%, and 10.9% and 32.3%, respectively. Smoking during and after pregnancy was more likely among women who were less educated, single, not attending antenatal classes, employed, and not breastfeeding. The results show that women who are breastfeeding smoke less than not breastfeeding women, even after controlling for other predictors (i.e., smoking relapse at 12 months: OR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.19, 0.94). A low maternal mood increases the risk of smoking relapse within 6 months of about 73%. This study also suggests that prolonged breastfeeding reduces the risk of smoking relapse and that this reduction may be persistent in time. Interventions targeting breastfeeding promotion may also indirectly support smoking cessation, even in absence of specific interventions.
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