Open AccessSecondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey from 30 low-income and middle-income countries
Author(s) -
Sian Reece,
Camille Morgan,
Mark Parascandola,
Kamran Siddiqi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tobacco control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.715
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1468-3318
pISSN - 0964-4563
DOI - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054288
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , pregnancy , cross sectional study , population , demography , passive smoking , tobacco smoke , logistic regression , genetics , pathology , sociology , biology
Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure during pregnancy increases the risk of infant stillbirth, congenital malformations, low birth weight and respiratory illnesses. However, little is known about the extent of SHS exposure during pregnancy. We assessed the prevalence of SHS exposure in pregnant women in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).