NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day after giving birth may wean their babies off breastmilk much more quickly than nonsmokers, study findings show.
"A lot of public health programs put lots of attention to smoking cessation during pregnancy, but they do not educate women about not smoking after delivery," study author Dr. Jihong Liu, of the University of South Carolina, told Reuters Health.
For those who have a "misunderstanding that smoking postpartum is okay" for babies, Liu said the shortened breastfeeding duration among these women is "one adverse consequence."
Liu conducted the research as a maternal and child health epidemiology fellow at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Little research has evaluated the association between women's smoking patterns before, during, and after pregnancy and their duration of breastfeeding. To investigate, Liu and her colleagues analyzed data from more than 3,000 women who were involved in the 2000 and 2001 Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, an ongoing surveillance system that collects information on the behavior and experiences of new mothers in that state.
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