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The Impact of Cigarette Quitting during Pregnancy on Other Prenatal Health Behaviors
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The Impact of Cigarette Quitting during Pregnancy on Other Prenatal Health Behaviors

George L Wehby, Allen Wilcox and Rolv T Lie
Review of economics of the household, Vol.11(2), pp.211-233
06/01/2013
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9163-8
PMCID: PMC3690665
PMID: 23807871
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3690665View
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Abstract

Several economic studies have evaluated the effects of cigarette smoking and quitting on other health behaviors such as alcohol use and weight gain. However, there is little research that evaluates the effects of cigarette quitting during pregnancy on other health behaviors such as caloric intake, alcohol consumption, multivitamin use, and caffeine intake. In this paper, we evaluate these effects and employ a genetic variant that predicts cigarette quitting to aid in identification. We find some evidence that cigarette quitting during pregnancy may increase multivitamin use and caloric intake and reduce caffeine consumption.
alcohol caffeine Cigarette quitting smoking pregnancy caloric intake multivitamins maternal health Mendelian randomization genetic instruments prenatal behaviors

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