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Prev Chronic Dis
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Tong, Van T. ; Dietz, Patricia M. ; England, Lucinda J. ; Farr, Sherry L. ; Kim, Shin Y. ; ... More +
Tong, Van T. ; Dietz, Patricia M. ; England, Lucinda J. ; Farr, Sherry L. ; Kim, Shin Y. ; D'Angelo, Denise ; Bombard, Jennifer M. Less -
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Introduction

Prenatal smoking prevalence remains high in the United States. To reduce prenatal smoking prevalence, efforts should focus on delivering evidence-based cessation interventions to women who are most likely to smoke before pregnancy. Our objective was to identify groups with the highest prepregnancy smoking prevalence by age within 6 racial/ethnic groups.

Methods

We analyzed data from 186,064 women with a recent live birth from 32 states and New York City from the 2004-2008 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a population-based survey of postpartum women. We calculated self-reported smoking prevalence during the 3 months before pregnancy for 6 maternal racial/ethnic groups by maternal age (18-24 y or ≥25 y). For each racial/ethnic group, we modeled the probability of smoking by age, adjusting for education, Medicaid enrollment, parity, pregnancy intention, state of residence, and year of birth.

Results

Younger women had higher prepregnancy smoking prevalence (33.2%) than older women (17.6%), overall and in all racial/ethnic groups. Smoking prevalences were higher among younger non-Hispanic whites (46.4%), younger Alaska Natives (55.6%), and younger American Indians (46.9%). After adjusting for confounders, younger non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, Alaska Natives, and Asian/Pacific Islanders were 1.12 to 1.50 times as likely to smoke as their older counterparts.

Conclusion

Age-appropriate and culturally specific tobacco control interventions should be integrated into reproductive health settings to reach younger non-Hispanic white, Alaska Native, and American Indian women before they become pregnant.


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Adolescent
Adult
Ethnicity
Female
Health Behavior
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Live Birth
Maternal Behavior
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Reproductive Health
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Smoking
Women's Health
Young Adult

Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8(6).
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
New York City, NY
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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