Palenie tytoniu przez kobiety w wieku rozrodczym – implikacje do kreowania polityki prozdrowotnej
Smoking by women at reproductive age – implications for evidence-based policy making

Summary/Abstract: Smoking tobacco during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, premature birth, infants frequently have lower body weight and a higher incidence of birth defects, and worse scores on the Apgar score. Newborns of mothers smoking during pregnancy are also to exposed of greater risk for the SIDS, and in the period infancy-childhood onset attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, referred to as ADHD. The aim of the study was to analyze the smoking patterns of women at reproductive age and quitting attempts by pregnant women, taking into account the most common causes. The survey included 252 pregnant women, who reported to the gynecological and obstetric clinics and women admitted to the pregnancy pathology department in one of hospitals in Łódź city in 2012. The analysis indicated that more than 45% of women have smoked tobacco before pregnancy, of which 16% continued to smoke during pregnancy. Almost half of the women who gave up smoking pointed out that the pregnancy was the main reason for stop smoking. Only 10 % of women were looking for a specialist help while trying to quit smoking. Because of the still high rates of smoking among woman at reproductive age and in pregnant women population there are necessary comprehensive action, which limit this situation.

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