Preventing Postpartum Smoking Relapse: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most women who quit smoking during pregnancy will relapse postpartum. Previous efforts to prevent postpartum relapse have been unsuccessful at increasing rates of sustained abstinence.

Objective

To evaluate the relative efficacy of 2 different approaches to prevent postpartum smoking relapse.

Design, setting, and participants

Pregnant women who recently had quit smoking were recruited before the end of pregnancy. Intervention sessions were conducted through a combination of telephone calls and in-person visits beginning at delivery and continuing through 24 weeks postpartum. Participants completed assessments at the prenatal baseline and at 12, 24, and 52 weeks postpartum. Participants were recruited between March 2008 and December 2012. The dates of the an

SUBMITTER: Levine MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333234 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature