Smoking during pregnancy in Finland: determinants and trends, 1987-1997
N Jaakkola, MS Jaakkola, M Gissler and JJ Jaakkola
Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. jouni.jaakkola@nhv.se
OBJECTIVES: This study examined determinants of and trends in smoking
during pregnancy in Finland from 1987 through 1997. METHODS: A repeated
cross-sectional investigation of 694,926 women was conducted. RESULTS: The
prevalence of smoking during pregnancy remained similar from 1987 through
1997 (at 15%). In 1997, prevalences of smoking were alarmingly high among
young (37%), single (30%), and less educated (25%) women and among women
living in northern (20%) and eastern (19%) Finland. These determinants were
persistent over time, with the exception of an increase in regional
differences. CONCLUSIONS: Despite increasing knowledge of adverse effects,
smoking during pregnancy has not declined in Finland over the past decade.
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