Breast-feeding and smoking habits among Israeli women

Many women stop smoking before or during pregnancy, or while breast-feeding (nursing). To assess the relation between breast-feeding and smoking habits. A survey was conducted among 920 women attending family health clinics (group 1) and a maternity department (group 2) on their breast-feeding and s...

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Published in:The Israel Medical Association journal 2001-10, Vol.3 (10), p.739-742
Main Authors: Ringel, S, Kahan, E, Greenberg, R, Arieli, S, Blay, A, Berkovitch, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Birth Weight
Breast Feeding
Chi-Square Distribution
Creatinine - urine
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Israel - epidemiology
Lactation
Middle Aged
Nicotine - urine
Parity
Pregnancy
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - epidemiology
Social Class
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Summary:Many women stop smoking before or during pregnancy, or while breast-feeding (nursing). To assess the relation between breast-feeding and smoking habits. A survey was conducted among 920 women attending family health clinics (group 1) and a maternity department (group 2) on their breast-feeding and smoking habits. A total of 156 women (16.95%) smoked during pregnancy. A significant correlation was found between breast-feeding and not smoking after delivery (P = 0.009 in group 1, P = 0.03 in group 2). A higher tendency to nurse was found among women with an uneventful pregnancy, who vaginally delivered a singleton at term weighing 2,500-4000 g, and who received guidance on breast-feeding. Professional guidance in favor of breast-feeding is crucial to increase the rate of nursing. Encouraging breast-feeding will probably decrease the rate of cigarette smoking.
ISSN:1565-1088