Table 4.
Pregnant Women’s Knowledge About Risks of Tobacco Use, Secondhand Smoke Exposure (SHS), and Benefits of Quitting
| Total no. | 192 |
| Believe women who smoke can harm their own health, no. (%) | 187 (97.4) |
| Specific disease/condition that can be nameda | |
| General illnesses, no. (%) | 64 (33.3) |
| Cancer (general), no. (%) | 29 (15.1) |
| Lung cancer, no. (%) | 51 (26.6) |
| Asthma, no. (%) | 11 (5.7) |
| Respiratory or pulmonary illness, no. (%) | 44 (22.9) |
| Death, no. (%) | 2 (1.0) |
| Ear infection in children younger than 5 y/o, no. (%) | 12 (6.3) |
| Believe smoking during pregnancy can harm the unborn baby's health, no. (%) | 188 (97.9) |
| Believe secondhand smoke is harmful, no. (%)b | 188 (98.4) |
| Specific disease/condition that can be named | |
| General illness to nonsmokers, no. (%)c | 44 (22.9) |
| Lung cancer, no. (%) | 19 (9.9) |
| Illness to children, no. (%) | 3 (1.6) |
| Don’t know, no. (%) | 22 (11.5) |
| Believe it is difficult to quit, No. (%) | 131 (68.2) |
| Benefits of quittingd | |
| Improve health, no. (%) | 102 (53.1) |
| Save money, no. (%) | 14 (7.3) |
Note. a Includes pregnant women who answered yes when asked, “What illness or health effects, if any, can result from smoking cigarettes/tobacco?”y/o = years old.
b
Includes pregnant women who responded yes when asked, “Do you think SHS from cigarettes and tobacco can be harmful to other people?”
c
Includes pregnant women who responded yes when asked, “What illness or effects, if any, do you think can be caused by SHS from cigarettes and/or tobacco?”
d
Includes pregnant women who answered the question, “What do you think are the benefits, if any, from quitting?”