[Factors associated with smoking continuation or cessation in men upon learning of their partner's pregnancy].

Objectives: Factors associated with smoking continuation or cessation were analyzed among parents of 4-month-old infants, in order to prepare the basic materials for a smoking cessation support program for pregnant women and their partners. The study focused on the changes in partners' smoking activities upon learning of their partner's pregnancy.

Methods: An anonymous self-completed questionnaire was given to parents of 1,198 infants during a 4-month medical checkup in City A of Hyogo prefecture (776 couples) and City B of Gifu prefecture (422 couples).

[Postpartum smoking behavior in women and related factors].

Purpose: To obtain basic data to formulate policies for preventing women from resuming smoking postpartum, this research sought to identify factors affecting continued abstinence and the resumption of smoking among postpartum women who stopped smoking during pregnancy.

Method: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was sent by mail to 1736 mothers (1030 in City A and 706 in City B, Hyogo Prefecture) whose infants were due for their 18-month health check-up in September and October 2007 and collected on the day of the check-up. Items surveyed were the mother's age, full academic background, number of children, family structure, smoking history, attitude toward smoking and knowledge, husband's smoking history, level of satisfaction with abstinence during pregnancy, and child-rearing concerns.