Title: Are time-trends of smoking among pregnant immigrant women in Sweden determined by cultural or socioeconomic factors?
BACKGROUND The widening socioeconomic gap in smoking during pregnancy remains a challenge to the Swedish antenatal care services. However, the influence of cultural factors in explaining the socioeconomic differences in smoking during pregnancy is not clear among the immigrant wo
Tahani Neirukh (tahani.neirukh@gmail.com) Ayda Qaisi (aydamoh@hotmail.com) Niveen Saleh (niveen_bio@yahoo.com) Areej Abu Rmaileh (aaburmaileh@gmail.com) Eman Abu Zahriyeh (eabuzahriyeh@gmail.com) Lina Qurei (lqrea@med.alquds.edu) Firas Dajani (dajani_firas@yahoo.com) Taghreed Nus
BACKGROUND Cantabria (Spain) has one of the highest prevalence of smoking among women of the European Union. The objectives are to assess the trend of smoking during pregnancy in a five-year period and the determinants of smoking cessation during pregnancy in Cantabria. METHODS A