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Social predictors of continued and indoor smoking among partners of non-smoking pregnant women: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Secondhand smoke (SHS) from partners is a major source of exposure for non-smoking women. However, epidemiological studies have rarely examined social factors associated with continued and indoor smoking among pregnant women's partners.

Methods

We analyzed data on 6091 partners of non-smoking pregnant women in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. Partners' age, education, income, workplace SHS exposure (almost never or sometimes, almost every day), and pregnant women's smoking history (never, quit before pregnancy awareness, quit after pregnancy awareness) were used as social factors. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of social factors with partners' continued smoking and indoor smoking.

Results

Among 2432 smoking partners, 2237 continued to smoke after pregnancy awareness. Workplace SHS exposure was associated with increased risk of partners' continued smoking: the odds ratio of workplace SHS exposure almost every day compared with almost never or sometimes was 2.08 (95% confidence interval, 1.52-2.83). Women's quitting smoking after-but not before-pregnancy awareness was associated with decreased risk of partners' continued smoking: the odds ratio of women's quitting after pregnancy awareness compared with never smoking was 0.57 (95% confidence interval, 0.40-0.80). About one-third of partners who continued to smoke did so indoors. Older age, lower education, workplace SHS exposure, and women's quitting smoking after pregnancy awareness were associated with increased risk of partners' indoor smoking.

Conclusions

Workplace SHS exposure and pregnant women's smoking history were associated with continued smoking and indoor smoking among partners of non-smoking pregnant women.

SUBMITTER: Murakami K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Social Predictors of Continued and Indoor Smoking Among Partners of Non-smoking Pregnant Women: The TMM BirThree Cohort Study.

Murakami Keiko K Ishikuro Mami M Ueno Fumihiko F Noda Aoi A Onuma Tomomi T Obara Taku T Kuriyama Shinichi S

Journal of epidemiology 20210317 12

<h4>Background</h4>Secondhand smoke (SHS) from partners is a major source of exposure for non-smoking women. However, epidemiological studies have rarely examined social factors associated with continued and indoor smoking among pregnant women's partners.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data on 6,091 partners of non-smoking pregnant women in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. Partners' age, education, income, workplace SHS exposure (almost never or sometimes, ...[more]

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