TY - JOUR
T1 - Women who spontaneously quit smoking in early pregnancy
AU - Panjari, M.
AU - Bell, R. J.
AU - Astbury, J.
AU - Bishop, S. M.
AU - Dalais, F.
AU - Rice, G. E.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - Spontaneous quitters are prepregnancy smokers who quit by the time of their first antenatal visit. We recruited 192 self-declared spontaneous quitters and 407 smokers at their first visit to the antenatal clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital during April, 1994-May, 1995. Spontaneous quitters made up 23% of prepregnancy smokers. Information about self-declared quitters and smokers was collected by self-completed questionnaires. Urine samples collected at the first visit and in late pregnancy were assayed for cotinine to validate smoking status. A cut-off urinary concentration of ≤ 653 nmol/L cotinine was used to determine active smoking. At the first visit, 20% of the self-declared spontaneous quitters were smoking and by late pregnancy, regardless of their initial biochemically verified status, 27% were smoking. Spontaneous quitters were different from women who said they were still smoking at their first antenatal visit, in a range of demographic variables and measures of addictive behaviour.
AB - Spontaneous quitters are prepregnancy smokers who quit by the time of their first antenatal visit. We recruited 192 self-declared spontaneous quitters and 407 smokers at their first visit to the antenatal clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital during April, 1994-May, 1995. Spontaneous quitters made up 23% of prepregnancy smokers. Information about self-declared quitters and smokers was collected by self-completed questionnaires. Urine samples collected at the first visit and in late pregnancy were assayed for cotinine to validate smoking status. A cut-off urinary concentration of ≤ 653 nmol/L cotinine was used to determine active smoking. At the first visit, 20% of the self-declared spontaneous quitters were smoking and by late pregnancy, regardless of their initial biochemically verified status, 27% were smoking. Spontaneous quitters were different from women who said they were still smoking at their first antenatal visit, in a range of demographic variables and measures of addictive behaviour.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02407.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02407.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:8544249146
SN - 0004-8666
VL - 37
SP - 271
EP - 278
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
IS - 3
ER -