The prevention and treatment of smoking and tobacco use during pregnancy in selected Indigenous communities in high-income countries of USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: an evidence-based review.

CONCLUSION: Considerations should be given to: a) whole life course approaches to reduce tobacco use in Indigenous women; b) prohibiting tobacco promotion, and reducing access to alcohol for minors to prevent smoking initiation in Indigenous youth, c) training healthcare professionals in culturally-appropriate smoking cessation care to improve services access. It is critical to ensure acceptability and feasibility of study designs, consult with the relevant Indigenous communities and pre-empt implementation challenges. Research is needed into the effect of reducing or stopping smoking during pregnancy when using NRT, on subsequent maternal and infant outcomes. PMID: 28694200 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694200?dopt=Abstract

Source: Chest - July 7, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gould GS, Lim LL, Mattes J Tags: Chest Source Type: research