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SUMMARY:&quot\;Why am I smoking when I know I'm harming the baby?&quot\; -
  unravelling the mysteries of prenatal smoking - Felix Naughton (Universit
 y of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20100218T130000Z
DTEND:20100218T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr James Kirkbride
DESCRIPTION:Smoking in pregnancy is one of the greatest avoidable risks fo
 r perinatal morbidity and mortality. Despite the knowledge that smoking in
  pregnancy is associated with harm\, approximately three-quarters of femal
 e smokers continue to smoke after finding out they are pregnant. As a cons
 equence\, it is estimated that one in five pregnant women smoke during the
 ir pregnancies. Few studies have explored the reasons why so many pregnant
  women continue to smoke and why so few successfully quit. This talk will 
 report on the findings from an in-depth qualitative study\nwhich set out t
 o explore these issues. The findings highlight how pregnant smokers experi
 ence high levels of psychological tension as a result of discrepant belief
 s about the potential harms of prenatal\nsmoking and their smoking habit. 
 Whether this tension is relieved psychologically\, by endorsing beliefs wh
 ich disengage them from the quitting process\, or behaviourally\, by stopp
 ing smoking\, is affected by\na number of potentially modifiable psycholog
 ical and social factors. 
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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