ArticleMaternal and child health journal2021
Gestational Women's Perceptions About the Harms of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy.
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- Birth outcomes following intrauterine exposure to electronic nicotine delivery systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Pooled it
- What Is My Risk? A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Risk Perception for Cardiometabolic Pregnancy Complications and Future Cardiometabolic Disease Development.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Perceived Tobacco Smoking Risk and Predictors of Smoking During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Predictive Correlational Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- E-cigarette aerosol-induced neurotoxicity during early brain development: mechanisms and outcomes.Pediatric research · 2026Review
- Integrative Review: Pregnant Women's Perception of Smoking Tobacco Risks During Pregnancy.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Review
- E-Cigarette Use and Its Associated Factors Among Pregnant Individuals Who Currently or Formerly Smoked Cigarettes From Romania.Tobacco use insights · 2025Article
- Intrapartum Electronic Cigarette Use and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from a Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Fetal Growth Following Electronic Cigarette Use in Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Patient-provider communication about cigarette and e-cigarette use during pregnancy: Adaptation and validation of frequency and quality of communication measures among a sample of pregnant patients.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2024Article
- The Understanding of Maternal Smoking among Women who were Smoking or had Quit Smoking during Pregnancy.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2023Article
- E-cigarette use during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in the US.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Health Behaviors in Puerto Rico.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
- Cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use during the third trimester of pregnancy in a national sample of heterosexual and sexual minority women.The American journal on addictions · 2021Article
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use and Pregnancy I: ENDS Use Behavior During Pregnancy.Current addiction reports · 2021Article
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use and Pregnancy II: Perinatal Outcomes Following ENDS Use During Pregnancy.Current addiction reports · 2021Article
- Effects of E-Cigarette Exposure on Prenatal Life and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Review of Current Evidence.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Review
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to examine differences between perceived harm of cigarette and electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use while pregnant and differences between healthcare providers' communication about these products during pregnancy.
methodsA convenience sample of gestational women (n = 218; ages 18-45) living in the US completed an online survey between May and December 2017. Participants reported perceived likelihood of adverse health outcomes (e.g., low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome) among infants/children born to mothers who used cigarettes/e-cigarettes. T-tests and two-way ANOVAs examined differences between risk perceptions of using cigarettes/e-cigarettes while pregnant based on pregnancy status (previously pregnant, currently pregnant, future pregnant). Chi-square analyses examined differences between healthcare provider communication about cigarette/e-cigarette use during pregnancy.
resultsOverall, participants believed adverse health outcomes were significantly more likely to be caused by maternal use of cigarettes than e-cigarettes. Participants who planned to be pregnant reported higher endorsement that smoking combustible cigarettes would cause a miscarriage (p < .05) or increased blood pressure (p < .05) for a child than currently pregnant participants. Participants reported healthcare providers asked about (p < .05), advised them not to use (p < .001), and talked to them about health effects of smoking combustible cigarettes while pregnant (p < .001) significantly more than e-cigarettes. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Healthcare providers working with pregnant women should perform the 5As behavioral intervention method to provide pregnant women with tobacco cessation care. They should also discuss the absolute harm nicotine exposure (via cigarettes or e-cigarettes) can have on fetal health and development.
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