TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco Use and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Amongst Pregnant Women in the United Arab Emirates
T2 - The Mutaba’ah Study
AU - Taha, Mohammed Nagdi
AU - Al‐ghumgham, Zaki
AU - Ali, Nasloon
AU - Al‐rifai, Rami H.
AU - Elbarazi, Iffat
AU - Al‐maskari, Fatima
AU - El‐shahawy, Omar
AU - Ahmed, Luai A.
AU - Loney, Tom
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - Self‐reported tobacco use is high in the male adult Emirati population (males ~36% vs. females ~3%); however, there are minimal data on tobacco use or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study investigated the prevalence of, and factors associated with, tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) amongst pregnant women in the UAE. Baseline cross‐sectional data were analysed from the Mutaba’ah Study. Expectant mothers completed a self‐administered questionnaire collecting sociodemographic information, maternal tobacco use, and ETS exposure during antenatal visits at three hospitals in Al Ain (UAE; May 2017–February 2021). Amongst 8586 women included in the study, self‐reported tobacco use during pregnancy was low (0.7%), paternal tobacco use was high (37.9%), and a third (34.8%) of expectant mothers were exposed to ETS (28.0% at home only). Pregnant women who were employed (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.19–1.52), with childbirth anxiety (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08–1.36), and with an increased number of adults living in the same household (aOR 1.02 95% CI 1.01–1.03) were independently more likely to be exposed to ETS. Pregnant women with higher education levels (aOR 0.84, 95% CI 0.75–0.94) and higher gravidity (aOR 0.95, 95% CI 0.92–0.99) were less likely to be exposed to ETS. Public health efforts targeting smoking cessation amongst husbands and promoting smoke‐free homes are warranted to help reduce prenatal ETS exposure in the UAE.
AB - Self‐reported tobacco use is high in the male adult Emirati population (males ~36% vs. females ~3%); however, there are minimal data on tobacco use or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study investigated the prevalence of, and factors associated with, tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) amongst pregnant women in the UAE. Baseline cross‐sectional data were analysed from the Mutaba’ah Study. Expectant mothers completed a self‐administered questionnaire collecting sociodemographic information, maternal tobacco use, and ETS exposure during antenatal visits at three hospitals in Al Ain (UAE; May 2017–February 2021). Amongst 8586 women included in the study, self‐reported tobacco use during pregnancy was low (0.7%), paternal tobacco use was high (37.9%), and a third (34.8%) of expectant mothers were exposed to ETS (28.0% at home only). Pregnant women who were employed (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.19–1.52), with childbirth anxiety (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08–1.36), and with an increased number of adults living in the same household (aOR 1.02 95% CI 1.01–1.03) were independently more likely to be exposed to ETS. Pregnant women with higher education levels (aOR 0.84, 95% CI 0.75–0.94) and higher gravidity (aOR 0.95, 95% CI 0.92–0.99) were less likely to be exposed to ETS. Public health efforts targeting smoking cessation amongst husbands and promoting smoke‐free homes are warranted to help reduce prenatal ETS exposure in the UAE.
KW - United Arab Emirates
KW - birth
KW - cohort
KW - early‐life exposures
KW - indoor air pollution
KW - mother
KW - pregnancy
KW - tobacco smoke pollution
KW - tobacco use
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph19127498
DO - 10.3390/ijerph19127498
M3 - Article
C2 - 35742747
AN - SCOPUS:85132015816
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 19
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 12
M1 - 7498
ER -