Open AccessThe psychosocial context of pregnancy smoking and quitting in the Millennium Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Kate E. Pickett,
Richard G. Wilkinson,
Lauren S. Wakschlag
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech.2008.082594
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , pregnancy , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , cohort , millennium cohort study (united states) , smoking cessation , cohort study , psychiatry , paleontology , genetics , pathology , biology
Although pregnancy is a time when women have increased motivation to quit smoking, approximately half of female smokers persist in smoking throughout their pregnancies. Persistent pregnancy smokers are known to be more nicotine dependent and to have greater sociodemographic disadvantage. Less is known about the psychosocial context of persistent pregnancy smokers and factors that distinguish them from pregnancy quitters.