Prevalence of smoking among pregnant women is lower in Italy than England
- 10 April 1999
- Vol. 318 (7189) , 1012
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7189.1012
Abstract
EDITOR—Owen et al report that the prevalence of smoking in pregnancy and the rates of stopping did not change in England between 1992 and 1995, remaining at around 25%.1They also reported that the prevalence of smoking in pregnancy is higher in young women, unemployed women, and manual workers. We analysed the characteristics of women who gave up or continued smoking during pregnancy in Italy, using the comparison group of a case-control …Keywords
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