Routine assessment of smoking behaviors among pregnant and postpartum women can guide the development and implementation of evidence-based tobacco control measures
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The most recent official figures on smoking and motherhood, from the NHS health and social care information centres infant feeding study in 2010, show that of the 26% of women who are smokers before or during pregnancy, a narrow majority 14% had kicked the habit by the time they their baby is born, with the other 12% smoking throughout pregnancy
The reason this is relevant is that Wythe pointed out that the unspoken undercurrent of this book is basically about how everything was changing for the generations from the 30s through the 60s, and people didn't really have language and a structure for what was happening, because they were making it up as they went along
Overall, 1,123 ex-smokers and 218 current smokers from 33 different countries took the survey
For example: you would actually like to do more for your health and go jogging, but you are out of breath after just a few steps due to smoking