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Table 3.1.3. Description of postpartum lifestyle interventions and their effect on smoking cessation and
smoking relapse
First Author, Year, Country Smoking cessation
Fossum, 2004, Sweden162
Study Groups and Design Sample Sizes (n)
RCT I: “smoke-free children”
counseling, n=26 C: Usual care, n=15
Participants
Smoking mothers, recruited 0-4 wk pp at child health center
Follow-Up
At 3 mo pp
Smoking relapse prevention
French, 2007, USA163
Prospective I: brief 2-group intervention, design n=122
C: Usual care, n=97
Women who had quit smoking during their pregnancy, and at least 7 d before deliver.
Recruited during pp hospitalization.
Van ‘t Hof, 2000, USA167
RCT I: relapse prevention, n=141
C: Usual care, n=146
Smoking during the 30 d before pregnancy and quit during pregnancy
At 6 mo pp