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Table 2 History of smoking during pregnancy in women smokers at the beginning of pregnancy.

From: Smoking among pregnant women in Cantabria (Spain): trend and determinants of smoking cessation

History of smoking

Year

 
 

1998

(n = 169)

1999

(n = 163)

2000

(n = 132)

2001

(n = 135)

2002

(n = 126)

P-value

Cessation, n (%)

63 (37.3)

48 (29.4)

24 (18.2)

31 (23.0)

26 (20.6)

< 0.001a

Continuing smoking, n (%)

106 (62.7)

115 (70.6)

108 (81.8)

104 (77.0)

100 (79.4)

< 0.001a

   c Reduction in smoking, n (%)

92 (54.4)

101 (62.0)

100 (75.8)

97 (71.9)

88 (69.8)

< 0.001 a

   c No change or increase d, n (%)

14 (8.3)

14 (8.6)

8 (6.0)

7 (5.1)

12 (9.6)

0.563 a

   No. cig/d, mean ± SD

7.7 ± 5.6

7.3 (4.4

6.9 (5.0

8.3 (5.0

8.9 (5.9

0.038b

  1. a Mantel-Haenszel trend test
  2. b One-way analysis of variance
  3. c These are subgroups of women continuing smoking during pregnancy and the percentages are referred to the total number of women shown at the head of the column.
  4. d Four women increased tobacco smoking