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SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY

SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY. Kärt Raadik, Juliana Talašok Mentors: Mare Vanatoa MD, Urve Kaasik-Aaslav MD, MA Chair of midwifery Tallinn Health Care College Estonia. Maternal cigarette smoking is an ongoing problem in child’s health

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SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY

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  1. SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY Kärt Raadik, Juliana Talašok Mentors: Mare Vanatoa MD, Urve Kaasik-Aaslav MD, MA Chair of midwifery Tallinn Health Care College Estonia

  2. Maternal cigarette smoking is anongoing problem in child’s health • According to Estonian National Institute for Health Development Medical birth registry 8,7 % (1357 pregnant women of 13053) smoked during pregnancy • Only 1,8% of pregnant quit smoking during first trimester of pregnancy in 2007.

  3. Smoking during pregnancy… • …harms not only the smoker, but also the unborn child. • The risks can be classified into prenatal, perinatal and postnatal health hazards.

  4. Passive smoke… • …exposure in infants and children contributes to higher rates of respiratory illness • It is estimated to be responsible for 19% of the expenditures for pediatric respiratory disease

  5. It is important to understand the experience of quitting smoking during pregnancy

  6. Pregnancy… • …is a strong incentive to change a woman’s smoking behavior • … and the postpartum period provides a window of opportunity to promote smoking cessation and smoke free families

  7. Don´t destroy another´s life

  8. Thank You!

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