Background Tobacco smoking remains one of the few preventable factors associated with
complications in pregnancy, and has serious long‐term implications for women and babies …

This transdisciplinary review of the literature addresses the questions, Do stress and
negative affect (NA) promote smoking? and Does smoking genuinely relieve stress and NA …

Objective: Stress in pregnancy predicts earlier birth and lower birth weight. The authors
investigated whether pregnancy-specific stress contributes uniquely to birth outcomes …

Background Tobacco smoking in pregnancy remains one of the few preventable factors
associated with complications in pregnancy, low birthweight, preterm birth and has serious …

Many advertisements these days make us feel as if we have an intimate, even passionate
relationship with a product. But as Jean Kilbourne points out in this fascinating and shocking …

Gender differences in smoking quit rates are frequently reported and are the subject of much
speculation. This study examined the generalizability of gender differences in abstinence …

Objectives. Recent research suggests that in utero exposure to maternal smoking is a risk
factor for conduct disorder and delinquency. We review evidence of causality, a …

Background. Health related quality-of-life is recog nized as an important health outcome
measure; how ever, it may also have a significant application in smok ing reduction and …

The co-morbidity between smoking and mood disorders is striking. Preclinical and clinical
studies of nicotinic effects on mood, anxiety, aggression, and related behaviors, such as …

Objectives. This study examined the patterns and correlates of maternal smoking before,
during, and after pregnancy. Methods. We examined socioeconomic, demographic, and …