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OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Volume 101, Issue 3, Pages 504-510Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)03070-3
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a peer counseling intervention for pregnant smokers. METHODS: One hundred forty-two pregnant, predominantly Hispanic women were assigned to a peer-led smoking cessation program or to usual care. RESULTS: Compared with usual care, peer counseling reduced smoking (- 9.1 versus - 4.5 cigarettes daily, P =.03), but did not affect absolute quit rates (24% versus 21%) at 36 weeks' gestation. Infant birth weight negatively correlated with cigarettes smoked per day (r = -0.29, P <.01) and expired carbon monoxide (r = -0.39, (P <.001) at delivery. Birth weight for infants born to women who quit smoking averaged 7.2 lb versus 6.8 and 6.3 lb for mothers smoking one to six and more than six cigarettes per day at delivery (P <.01). CONCLUSION: Peer counseling reduced the number of cigarettes smoked daily but did not increase cigarette abstinence rates. Infant birth weight increases with both smoking cessation and smoking reduction, suggesting that peer counseling intervention programs may improve newborn health despite their failure to affect smoking cessation.
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