Smoking Habits Among Hong-Kong Chinese Pregnant Women

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics
Also Included In: Smoking / Quit Smoking
Article Date: 07 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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The study provides information on the smoking habits of Hong Kong Chinese couples during pregnancy and finds smoking during pregnancy to be an emerging health issue among Chinese women.

Smoking significantly increases the fetal risks and neonatal hazards.

Although the Chinese women had a higher cessation rate during pregnancy than Caucasian figures, their relapse smoking rate was similar after delivery.

The high level of motivation for Chinese women to stop smoking during pregnancy presents an ideal opportunity to implement smoking interventions.

In addition, the issue of post-partum smoking relapse should be addressed in the intervention programs.

"Smoking pattern during pregnancy in Hong Kong Chinese"
Grace W. S. KONG, Wing Hung TAM, Daljit S. SAHOTA, Edmund A. S. NELSON
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 48 (3) 280-285 doi:10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00840.x
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