PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nicoleta Stefania Motoc
AU  - Roxana Vancea
AU  - Daisy Am Vaida Voevod
AU  - Ruxandra Rajnoveanu
AU  - Ana Chis
AU  - Milena Adina Man
TI  - Smoking during pregnancy: a survey of women “knowledge” and behavior
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA4471
DP  - 2019 Sep 28
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA4471
VI  - 54
IP  - suppl 63
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA4471.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA4471.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2019 Sep 28; 54
AB  - Smoking during pregnancy is the leading cause of prenatal morbidity and is associated with increased risk for numerous maternal, fetal, and infant complications. The aim of this paper was to assess the level of knowledge about maternal and fetal risk factors associated with tobacco use in pregnancy. An online self report questionnaire, concerning smoking behavior during pregnancy, was applied to women who were either pregnant, either recently gave birth using social networking and dedicated sites, from November 2016 to February 2017 in Romania. 1347 women replied and were eligible to be included in the study. They were divided into active smokers, former smokers and never smokers. 85% of all women knew that smoking has bad effects on their health and their babies. 42.9% among former smokers, 33.8% of active smokers and 31.5 % of never smokers had a good knowledge about smoking effects. Despite that 75% of them continued smoking even though they knew that the nicotine reaches breast milk. Among all respondents 43.21% gave up smoking, 36.8 % reduced the number of cigarettes when learning that they were pregnant. The main reason for giving up smoking among pregnant women was family pressure (75.1%) The most frequent complications was preeclampsia, which interestingly was higher among never smokers that smokers (1.2% active smokers, 2.2% of former smokers (p=0.0016), never smokers 3.21%). Smoking during pregnancy, both passive and active, is a health problem that needs to be address, not only through health policies but also through behavioral therapy.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA4471.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).