Smoking Behaviors Among Indigenous Pregnant People Compared to a Matched Regional Cohort.
Ann M RuskRachel E GiblonAlanna M ChamberlainChristi A PattenJamie R FelzerYvonne T BuiChung-Il WiChristopher C DestephanoBarbara A AbbottCassie C KennedyPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2022)
Indigenous pregnant people in Olmsted County, Minnesota, were greater than three times more likely to smoke during pregnancy compared to a regional age matched non-Indigenous cohort. Although Indigenous and non-Indigenous pregnant people had equivalent uptake of cessation interventions offered during pregnancy, Indigenous people were significantly less likely to quit smoking before fetal delivery. This disparity in the effectiveness of standard of care interventions highlights the need for further study to understand barriers to cessation in pregnant Indigenous people.