Supporting smoking cessation in pregnancy - Action is urgently needed

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1173, 2003, Pages

  Wilson, Nick ^b   Thomson, George ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONCEPTION; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAORI; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; ABORIGINE; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0038661029     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (14)

1. Lightwood JM, Phibbs CS, Glantz SA. Short-term health and economic benefits of smoking cessation: low birth weight. Pediatrics 1999;104:1312-20.
2. Ministry of Health. Tobacco facts. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 2002. p. 31.
3. McLeod D, Pullon S, Cookson T. Factors that influence changes in smoking behaviour during pregnancy. NZ Med J 2003;116(1173). URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1173/418/
4. Waa A, Grigg M. ' Its about whanau ': views of smokers and whanau. In: Proceedings of the Tobacco Control Research Symposium, September 2002. Wellington: Health Sponsorship Council; 2003. p. 19-21.
5. Watene N, Reid P, Keefe V, Robson B. An evaluation of the 'Hei Aha Te Kai Paipa? - Why start? ' campaign to reduce smoking among pregnant Maori smokers. Wellington: Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare (Eru Pomare Maori Health Research Centre); 1999.
6. Ford RP, Cowan SF, Schluter PJ, et al. SmokeChange for changing smoking in pregnancy. NZ Med J 2001;114:107-10.
7. Schluter PJ, Ford RP, Ford CJ. A biochemical prevalence study of smoking in pregnancy for a cross-section of women in Christchurch, New Zealand. Aust NZ J Public Health 2002;26:231-5.
8. Ministry of Health. Progress on health outcome targets. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 1998. p. 87.
9. Ford RP, Tappin DM, Schluter PJ, Wild CJ. Smoking during pregnancy: how reliable are maternal self reports in New Zealand? J Epidemiol Community Health 1997;51:246-51.
10. Achat H, McIntyre P, Burgess M. Health care incentives in immunisation. Aust NZ J Public Health 1999;23:285-8.
11. Milne K. Quit and win 2002: initial results from New Zealand's only smoking cessation competition. In: Proceedings of the Tobacco Control Research Symposium, September 2002. Wellington: Health Sponsorship Council; 2003. p. 16-19.
12. Bullock LF, Wells JE, Duff GB, Hornblow AR. Telephone support for pregnant women: outcome in late pregnancy. NZ Med J 1995;108:476-8.
13. Wilson N, Thomson G. Public support of tobacco taxation. NZ Med J 2002;115(1157). URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1157/73/
14. Ringel JS, Evans WN. Cigarette taxes and smoking during pregnancy. Am J Public Health 2001;91:1851-6.