What are the epidemiological data on smoking and co-addictions during pregnancy?
Ducret, L.
Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction 34(Special Issue 1): 3s55-3s66
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0368-2315 PMID: 15980773 Document Number: 591914
The goal of this publication is to attempt to better understand how we arrived at this medical catastrophe: 28% of the French women who smoke during the pregnancy! And that does not take into account other addictions (alcohol, drugs legal or illegal) whose figures are poorly specified. From the American epidemiologic data, the United States being ahead of us in the stage of the epidemic, and European data, can one extract the favoring factors and effective measurements to stop this epidemic? What is the epidemiology of the other addictions and is there any relationship between the consumption of tobacco and other drugs? According to the world statistical data, less than 50% of pregnant women manage to stop smoking. In the United States, 44.3% of the women are able to stop the gravidic nicotine addiction in comparison with 83.1% who stop alcohol and 68% illegal drugs, which places tobacco as the leading hard drug. The best prevention is thus to try to convince young people not to start. What is the situation on this point?