Maternal pregnancy smoking in three Brazilian cities: trends and differences according to education, income, and age

Christian Loret de Mola (), Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Rosangela Batista, Helen Gonçalves, Maria Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Ana M. B. Menezes, Iná S. Santos, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva, Heloisa Bettiol, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Aluisio Barros and Bernardo Lessa Horta
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Christian Loret de Mola: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Viviane Cunha Cardoso: University of Sao Paulo
Rosangela Batista: Federal University of Maranhão
Helen Gonçalves: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Maria Conceição Pereira Saraiva: University of Sao Paulo
Ana M. B. Menezes: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Iná S. Santos: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Marlos Rodrigues Domingues: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva: Federal University of Maranhão
Heloisa Bettiol: University of Sao Paulo
Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves: Federal University of Maranhão
Marco Antonio Barbieri: University of Sao Paulo
Aluisio Barros: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Bernardo Lessa Horta: Universidade Federal de Pelotas

International Journal of Public Health, 2020, vol. 65, issue 2, No 11, 207-215

Abstract: Abstract Objectives To estimate and assess pregnancy smoking trends since 1978, according to sociodemographic characteristics, in three Brazilian sites. Methods We used cross-sectional data from the perinatal studies of nine birth cohorts, located in the southeast (Ribeirão Preto—1978/1979, 1994, and 2010), south (Pelotas—1982, 1993, 2004, and 2015), and northeast (São Luís—1997/1998 and 2010) regions of Brazil. We estimated the prevalence of pregnancy smoking at each time point according to age, education, and family income, in each cohort, and evaluated smoking trends. Results We analyzed data of 17,275 women in Ribeirão Preto, 19,819 in Pelotas, and 7753 in São Luís. Smoking decreased by 59% in Ribeirão Preto (p

Keywords: Smoke; Pregnancy; Trend; Population-based; Schooling; Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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