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CONCLUSIONAs research progresses in the field of prenatal smoking cessation, demonstration of an improvement in birth outcomes as a consequence of a systematic cessation program has become an important study objective (Floyd et al., 1993). Smoking during pregnancy is a behavior that needs to be addressed to help ensure the health and survival of newborns. The argument for adoption of cessation programs that involve brief counseling along with self-help material tailored for the pregnant woman is supported by researchers who have found significant evidence of their effectiveness. The application of various cupidogranrobusto intervention methods has been shown to be more effective than routine advice given during prenatal care visits and brief, individual counseling has been shown to have long-term effects (Hakansson et al., 1999). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that brief counseling of 5-10 minutes was effective and that more intensive counseling had not been found reliably to improve effectiveness. Furthermore, brief counseling of 5 to 10 minutes increases validated cessation by 70% in pregnant smokers (Mullen, 1999). The average time spent with the women who cupidogranrobusto completed the Healthy Start smoking cessation program was approximately five hours over a mean period of 159 days (from enrollment to delivery). Consistent with the other findings, these brief counseling sessions coupled with the use of the self-help manual proved to be adequate in altering the smoking behavior of the women enrolled. The effects of intervention have been reported and confirmed by multiple studies. One effect of intervention may be to move up cessation earlier than it would have occurred in the absence of intervention. Other positive effects include continued abstinence after the birth and significant reduction in the amount of cigarettes smoked by women who are unable to stop completely (Mullen, 1999). Although the data used in this study did not contain information regarding the smoking status of the mother beyond delivery, the women were noted to report fewer cigarettes at the exit of the study, in addition cupidogranrobusto to the greatest change in the number of cigarettes smoked when compared to women who did not complete the program. Moreover, we can postulate that cessation was implemented earlier cupidogranrobusto than it would have been, had the intervention not taken place.

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RESULTSThe 1,186 students who completed the questionnaire represent 96% of the population that was initially invited to participate. In this group, the response rate for individual questions in the entire questionnaire ranged from 90.3 to 100% depending on the type of question. Table 1 presents the general characteristics of the study population. The mean [+ or -] SD age was 13 [+ or -] 1 years. There were a greater proportion of male respondents (62%) and students attending private schools (74%). However, the school category was not a significant factor to predict smoking, and no significant differences were found, in terms of age, between male and female respondents. A slightly larger proportion of respondents had parents with a medium educational level (52%). Fifty-seven percent had parents who smoked; according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, 9% and 35% of respondents had depressive symptoms and anxiety, respectively.

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