Cigarette smoking in pregnant substance users: Association with substance use and desire to quit.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is prevalent in pregnant substance users but receives low priority in substance use disorder treatment. This article reports the results of a secondary analysis of a randomized, multisite trial with 200 pregnant substance users, 145 (72.5%) of whom smoked at baseline. As predicted: (1) smokers had significantly greater substance use; (2) approximately half of smokers wanted to quit; and (3) smokers with a quit goal had significantly greater self-efficacy and lower perceived difficulty of quitting. Smoking may be associated with more severe substance use in pregnant substance-using patients, half of whom may be interested in smoking-cessation interventions.

SUBMITTER: Winhusen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289132 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature