Smoking during pregnancy – a challenge to practitioners
Abstract
Antigona Trofor1, Milena Adina Man2, Ramona Miron31Department of Pneumology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, „Gr.T.Popa" Iasi, Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases,
2Lecturer, Department of Pneumology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, „Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj
3Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases Iasi
Contact: Antigona Trofor, atrofor@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Smoking during pregnancy is a common finding among women whose parents have been smokers, among those whose husbands are smokers, among women who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day before they became pregnant, and women who started to smoke at an early age. Smoking while pregnant is dangerous to both mother and child. Smoking exposure risks such as infertility (both primary and secondary), bleeding during pregnancy, abruptio placentae, placenta praevia, premature rupture of membranes, premature birth, low birth weight newborns, sudden infant death syndrome are taken into consideration. Efficient smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnancy impose, as many women are not aware of dangers of tobacco exposure. Smoking cessation medical aid consists of immediate recommendation to stop smoking, counselling, behavioural therapy and self-helping educational materials.
Key words: tobacco, women, pregnancy, smoking cessation, effects of smoking
Smoking during pregnancy – a challenge to practitioners