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Table 3 Changes in smoking rates, exhaled carbon monoxide levels, level of nicotine dependency, and smoking behaviours of the pregnant women and their significant others who were current smokers at baseline

From: A mixed methods exploratory study tackling smoking during pregnancy in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service

 

Baseline

2 weeks

1 month

3 months

1 month postpartum

n/N

%

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

n/N

(%)

Pregnant Women

(N = 23)

(N = 13)

(N = 19)

(N = 11)

(N = 13)

 Self-reported reduction or cessation

  Reduction

n/a

n/a

13/13

(100)

18/19

(95)

8/10

(80)

10/12

(83)

  Quit attempt

n/a

n/a

5/13

(38)

8/18

(44)

7/11

(64)

4/13

(31)

  Quit

n/a

n/a

0/13

(0)

0/18

(0)

4/11

(36)

2/13

(15)

  Reduction and/or quit

n/a

n/a

13/13

(100)

18/19

(95)

9/11

(82)

10/13

(77)

 Time from waking until 1st cigarette (minutes)

  < 5

4/22

(18)

2/13

(15)

3/18

(17)

0/6

(0)

2/11

(18)

  5–30

8/22

(36)

3/13

(23)

1/18

(6)

0/6

(0)

3/11

(27)

  31–60

1/22

(5)

4/13

(31)

5/18

(28)

4/6

(67)

1/11

(9)

  > 60

9/22

(41)

4/13

(31)

9/18

(50)

2/6

(33)

5/11

(45)

Number of cigarettes smoked each day

  ≤ 10

15/22

(68)

12/13

(92)

14/16

(88)

7/7

(100)

9/12

(75)

  11–20

5/22

(23)

0/13

(0)

1/16

(6)

0/7

(0)

2/12

(17)

  21–30

2/22

(9)

1/13

(8)

1/16

(6)

0/7

(0)

1/12

(8)

  ≥ 31

0/22

(0)

0/13

(0)

0/16

(0)

0/7

(0)

0/12

(0)

Exhaled COppm, mean (SD)

12.4

(5.0)

16.2

(10.6)

16.4

(12.2)

10.7

(12.8)

12.1

(9.8)

HONC score, mean (SD)

6.1

(2.7)

n/a

n/a

4.9

(2.6)

n/a

n/a

5.4

(3.3)

Significant Others

(N = 13)

(N = 7)

(N = 7)

(N = 5)

(N = 5)

Self-reported reduction or cessation

  Reduction

n/a

n/a

6/7

(86)

7/7

(100)

4/4

(100)

4/5

(80)

  Quit Attempt

n/a

n/a

2/7

(29)

3/7

(43)

3/5

(60)

3/5

(60)

  Quit

n/a

n/a

0/7

(0)

0/7

(0)

1/5

(20)

0/4

(0)

  Reduction and/or quit

n/a

n/a

6/7

(86)

7/7

(100)

5/5

(100)

4/5

(80)

Time from waking until 1st cigarette (minutes)

  < 5

5/12

(42)

3/7

(43)

0/7

(0)

0/4

(0)

1/5

(20)

  5–30

3/12

(25)

1/7

(14)

3/7

(43)

2/4

(50)

0/5

(0)

  31–60

3/12

(25)

1/7

(14)

2/7

(29)

0/4

(0)

2/5

(40)

  > 60

1/12

(8)

2/7

(29)

2/7

(29)

2/4

(50)

2/5

(40)

Number of cigarettes smoked each day

  ≤ 10

5/12

(42)

5/7

(71)

5/6

(83)

3/5

(60)

4/5

(80)

  11–20

3/12

(25)

0/7

(0)

0/6

(0)

0/5

(0)

0/5

(0)

  21–30

3/12

(25)

1/7

(14)

0/6

(0)

1/5

(20)

0/5

(0)

  ≥ 31

1/12

(8)

1/7

(14)

1/6

(17)

1/5

(20)

1/5

(20)

Exhaled COppm, mean (SD)

21.4

(13.3)

27.3

(19.8)

12.7

(9.2)

14.2

(9.2)

16.8

(6.8)

HONC score, mean (SD)

6.1

(2.9)

n/a

n/a

5.7

(3.2)

n/a

n/a

7.8

(1.8)

  1. COppm Carbon monoxide part per million, HONC Hooked on Nicotine Checklist, n/a Not available