Smoking cessation during pregnancy: the influence of partners, family and friends on quitters and non-quitters (original) (raw)

Koshy, P., Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Tappin, D. and Bauld, L.(2010) Smoking cessation during pregnancy: the influence of partners, family and friends on quitters and non-quitters.Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(5), pp. 500-510. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00926.x)

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Abstract

This research compared pregnant quitters’ and non-quitters’ accounts of how partners, family and friends influenced their smoking cessation attempts. Qualitative secondary data analysis was carried out on a purposive sample of motivational interview transcripts undertaken by research midwives with pregnant women as part of SmokeChange, a smoking cessation intervention. Interviews with all quitters in the intervention group (n = 12) were analysed comparatively with interviews from a matched sample of non-quitters (n = 12).The discourses of both revealed similarity in how their partners, family and friends influenced their cessation efforts: salient others were simultaneously perceived by both groups of women as providing drivers and barriers to quit attempts; close associates who smoked were often perceived to be as supportive as those who did not. However, women who quit smoking during pregnancy talked more about receiving active praise/encouragement than those who did not. While close associates play an important role in women’s attempts to stop smoking during pregnancy, the support they provide varies; further research is needed to develop a better understanding of how key relationships help or hinder cessation during pregnancy.

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