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Objectives:
To describe patterns of cigarette and narghile (hubble-bubble or water-pipe) smoking before and during pregnancy and identify predictors of successful smoking cessation.
Methods:
A survey was conducted on 4 660 pregnant women who delivered single live births between September 1st, 2001 and December 31st, 2002 at five hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon. Women were classified into four groups according to patterns of tobacco use before and during pregnancy: 1) consistent non-users, 2) successful quitters, 3) unsuccessful quitters and 4) consistent users.
Results:
High education (OR = 2.03, 95 % CI: 0.99–4.15), adequate prenatal care (OR = 1.72, 95 % CI: 1.02–2.91) and mild smoking at baseline (OR = 2.35, 95 % CI: 1.36–4.09) were main determinants of successful cigarette smoking cessation, whereas successful quitters of narghile use were more likely to be nulliparous (OR = 1.80, 95 % CI: 1.08–2.99) or to have a non-smoking partner (OR = 7.57, 95 % CI: 2.31–24.78).
Conclusions:
Different populations should be targeted when designing smoking cessation interventions for cigarette and narghile users.
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Submitted: 5 July 2006; Revised: 16 April 2007; Accepted: 9 May 2007
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Yunis, K., Beydoun, H., Nakad, P. et al. Patterns and predictors of tobacco smoking cessation: A hospital-based study of pregnant women in Lebanon. Int J Public Health 52, 223–232 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-007-6087-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-007-6087-9