Social Predictors of Continued and Indoor Smoking Among Partners of Non-smoking Pregnant Women: The TMM BirThree Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Secondhand smoke (SHS) from partners is a major source of exposure for non-smoking women. However, epidemiological studies have rarely examined social factors associated with continued and indoor smoking among pregnant women's partners.

Methods

We analyzed data on 6,091 partners of non-smoking pregnant women in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. Partners' age, education, income, workplace SHS exposure (almost never or sometimes, almost every day), and pregnant women's smoking history (never, quit before pregnancy awareness, quit after pregnancy awareness) were used as social factors. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of social factors with partners' continued smoking and indoo

SUBMITTER: Murakami K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593571 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature