Women’s Perspectives on Smoking and Pregnancy and Graphic Warning Labels

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Behav
• Personal Author:
  Levis, Denise M. ; Stone-Wiggins, Brenda ; O’Hegarty, Michelle ; Tong, Van T. ; Polen, Kara N. D. ; Cassell, Cynthia H. ; Council, Mary
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To explore women’s knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about adverse outcomes associated with smoking during pregnancy and which outcomes might motivate cessation; to explore reactions to graphic warnings depicting 2 adverse outcomes.
  
  Methods
  
  Twelve focus groups were conducted with women of childbearing age who were current smokers.
  
  Results
  
  Participants had low to moderate awareness of many outcomes and believed it was acceptable to smoke in the first trimester before knowledge of pregnancy. Perceived susceptibility to outcomes was low. Motivators included risk-focused information, especially serious risks to the baby (eg, stillbirth, SIDS). Graphic warnings produced strong reactions, especially the warning with a real photo.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Despite barriers to reducing rates of smoking during pregnancy, educational information and photos depicting babies’ risks could motivate women to quit.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adult Attitudes, And Beliefs Female Focus Groups Graphic Warnings Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Knowledge Motivation Pregnancy Pregnancy Trimester, First Pregnant Women Product Labeling Risk Factors Smoking Smoking Cessation Smoking During Pregnancy Tobacco Control And Policy Women's Health Women Of Childbearing Age

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• Source:
  Am J Health Behav. 38(5):755-764
• Pubmed ID:
  24933145
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4706759
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1e50f310a2c70db0e31f8b53859e03c14cda528d095ad048ba1943455b0c873f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37436/cdc_37436_DS1.pdf
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