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Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior
In this study, we conducted an empirical survey of the avoidance behaviors and risk perceptions of active and passive smoking pregnant smokers and recent quitters. We employed an online questionnaire survey by recruiting 166 voluntary participants from an online parenting community in Taiwan. The re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799533/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24005830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10094104 |
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author | Lai, Ming-Cheng Chou, Feng-Sha Yang, Yann-Jy Wang, Chih-Chien Lee, Ming-Chang |
author_facet | Lai, Ming-Cheng Chou, Feng-Sha Yang, Yann-Jy Wang, Chih-Chien Lee, Ming-Chang |
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description | In this study, we conducted an empirical survey of the avoidance behaviors and risk perceptions of active and passive smoking pregnant smokers and recent quitters. We employed an online questionnaire survey by recruiting 166 voluntary participants from an online parenting community in Taiwan. The results of the empirical survey revealed that three-fourths of smokers quit smoking during pregnancy and one-fourth continued smoking. All pregnant women who continued smoking had partners or lived with relatives who smoked. Current smokers and quitters differed significantly in their risk perceptions and attitudes toward smoking during pregnancy. Most pregnant smokers and quitters adopted passive smoking avoidance behaviors at home and in public. Nevertheless, one-fifth of pregnant women chose not to avoid passive smoking. We concluded that most women stop smoking during pregnancy; however, most women continue to be exposed to passive-smoking environments. Perceived fetal health risks and attitudes toward smoking during pregnancy are critical predictors of the anti-smoking behaviors of pregnant women. |
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spelling | pubmed-37995332013-10-21 Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior Lai, Ming-Cheng Chou, Feng-Sha Yang, Yann-Jy Wang, Chih-Chien Lee, Ming-Chang Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In this study, we conducted an empirical survey of the avoidance behaviors and risk perceptions of active and passive smoking pregnant smokers and recent quitters. We employed an online questionnaire survey by recruiting 166 voluntary participants from an online parenting community in Taiwan. The results of the empirical survey revealed that three-fourths of smokers quit smoking during pregnancy and one-fourth continued smoking. All pregnant women who continued smoking had partners or lived with relatives who smoked. Current smokers and quitters differed significantly in their risk perceptions and attitudes toward smoking during pregnancy. Most pregnant smokers and quitters adopted passive smoking avoidance behaviors at home and in public. Nevertheless, one-fifth of pregnant women chose not to avoid passive smoking. We concluded that most women stop smoking during pregnancy; however, most women continue to be exposed to passive-smoking environments. Perceived fetal health risks and attitudes toward smoking during pregnancy are critical predictors of the anti-smoking behaviors of pregnant women. MDPI 2013-09-03 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3799533/ /pubmed/24005830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10094104 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lai, Ming-Cheng Chou, Feng-Sha Yang, Yann-Jy Wang, Chih-Chien Lee, Ming-Chang Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title | Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title_full | Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title_fullStr | Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title_short | Tobacco Use and Environmental Smoke Exposure among Taiwanese Pregnant Smokers and Recent Quitters: Risk Perception, Attitude, and Avoidance Behavior |
title_sort | tobacco use and environmental smoke exposure among taiwanese pregnant smokers and recent quitters: risk perception, attitude, and avoidance behavior |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799533/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24005830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10094104 |
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