Open AccessImpact of Smoking Exposure Change on Infant Birth Weight Among a Cohort of Women in a Prenatal Smoking Cessation Study
Author(s) -
Ruby Benjamin-Garner,
Alan K. Stotts
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/nts184
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , cotinine , pregnancy , cohort , environmental health , obstetrics , birth weight , harm reduction , low birth weight , nicotine , psychiatry , public health , pathology , biology , genetics , nursing
Despite the known harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy, the highly addicted find it difficult to quit. Decreased smoking may be regarded as a means of harm reduction. There is limited information on the benefits of smoking reduction short of quitting. This study used salivary cotinine to assess the impact of change in smoking exposure on birth weight in full-term infants.
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