25/06/2018

Ireland Top Of The List In Smoking During Pregnancy

The three countries with the highest estimated prevalence of smoking during pregnancy are Ireland (38.4%), Uruguay (29.7%), and Bulgaria (29.4%).

The figures come from a systematic review of global smoking prevalence during pregnancy.

The authors extracted data from 295 studies and calculated estimates via meta-analysis for 43 countries and via statistical modelling for 131 countries.


They found that the global prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was estimated to be 1·7%

But the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in Europe was 8·1%.

Globally, of those who smoked daily, more than half (52·9%) continued to smoke daily during pregnancy.

The research was funded by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and has been published in The Lancet.

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