Dual and Poly Use of Tobacco Products in a Sample of Pregnant Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study.

Objectives: Our aim was to assess the use of dual/poly tobacco in a sample of pregnant women.

Design: cross-sectional survey.

Methods: Twenty prenatal care units in Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Smoking and Early COPD as Independent Predictors of Body Composition, Exercise Capacity, and Health Status.

The effects of tobacco smoke, mild/moderate COPD disease and their combined effect on health status (HS), body composition (BC), and exercise capacity (EC) impairment are still unclear. We hypothesized that smoking and early COPD have a joint negative influence on these outcomes. We evaluated 32 smokers (smoking history >10 pack/years), 32 mild/moderate COPD (current smokers or former smokers), and 32 never smokers.

Preventing smoking during pregnancy: the importance of maternal knowledge of the health hazards and of the treatment options available.

Objective: To examine the pattern of tobacco use and knowledge about tobacco-related diseases, as well as to identify popular types of electronic media, in pregnant women, in order to improve strategies for the prevention or cessation of smoking among such women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 61 pregnant women, seen at primary care clinics and at a university hospital, in the city of Botucatu, Brazil. For all subjects, we applied the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.