ReviewHealth education research2017
Perceptions and use of electronic cigarettes in pregnancy.
Review in Health education research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of dual use of combustible tobacco and E-cigarettes among pregnant smokers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors influencing the uptake and use of nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnant women who smoke: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- E-cigarettes and smoking cessation: a prospective study of a national sample of pregnant smokers.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Nicotine metabolites generate craniofacial defects that are worsened by ethanol exposure.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Uterine artery transcriptomic signatures of e-cigarette aerosol exposure in pregnancy.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2026Article
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- Exploratory untargeted metabolomics analysis reveals differences in metabolite profiles in pregnant people exposed vs. unexposed to E-cigarettes secondhand in the NYU children's health and environment study.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025Article
- Impact of E-Cigarettes on Fetal and Neonatal Lung Development: The Influence of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Investigating Behavioral and Neuronal Changes in Adolescent Mice Following Prenatal Exposure to Electronic Cigarette (E-Cigarette) Vapor Containing Nicotine.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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- Maternal e-cigarette use can disrupt postnatal blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and deteriorates motor, learning and memory function: influence of sex and age.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2023Article
- Birth Outcomes Associated With E-Cigarette and Non-E-Cigarette Tobacco Product Use During Pregnancy: An Examination of PATH Data Waves 1-5.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
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- Impact of Prenatal Nicotine Exposure on Placental Function and Respiratory Neural Network Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Review
- Exposure-response analysis of the association of maternal smoking and use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) in relation to preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age in a national US sample, 2016-2018.Global epidemiology · 2022Article
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- Impact of E-cig aerosol vaping on fetal and neonatal respiratory development and function.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use During Pregnancy and Unfavorable Birth Outcomes.Cureus · 2022Article
- Unclear role for e-cigarettes during pregnancy.Nature medicine · 2022Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) is quickly growing in the United States, despite the unknown health implications and unregulated device contents. Although research is emerging around e-cigs in general, there continues to be a lack of scientific evidence regarding the safety and risks of e-cig use on maternal and fetal health, even though adverse health effects of nicotine on maternal and fetal outcomes are documented. This review summarizes existing perceptions of e-cig use in pregnancy, based on the limited number of publications available, and highlights the necessity of conducting additional research in this field of public health. Authors conducted a literature search of scientific peer-reviewed articles published from January 2006 to October 2016, comprising more than a decade of research. Search keywords include ‘tobacco use’, ‘electronic cigarette(s)’ and ‘pregnancy’. Fifty-seven publications were identified, narrowed to fifteen by screening title/abstract for potential relevance, with seven articles chosen for final inclusion. Of these seven studies, most participants not only believed e-cigs pose risks to maternal and child health but also perceived e-cigs as a safer and potentially healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes, and may assist with smoking cessation. Further research is needed to determine health implications and provide clinical guidelines for e-cig use in pregnancy.
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