Smoking among older childbearing women - a marker of risky health behaviour a registry-based study in Finland



: Lamminpaa R, Vehvilainen-Julkunen K, Gissler M, Heinonen S

Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

: 2013

: BMC Public Health

: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

: ARTN 1179

: 13

: 7

: 1471-2458

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1179


Conclusions: Smoking during pregnancy increased the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in all women, but the rates were the highest for women aged >= 35 years. Pregnant women aged >= 35 years smoking during pregnancy was a distinctly high risk group. Maternity care should identify these women and support them in cessation of smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy.



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