Table 2 Maternal perceptions and attitudes about smoking
From: Exposure to active and passive smoking among Greek pregnant women
| Â | Smoking status during pregnancy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Smokers women n (%) | Non-smokers women n (%) | All women total n (%) | P value |
Did you try to reduce or quit because of pregnancy? | ||||
 Yes | 55 (38.7) | 64 (45.1) | 119 (83.3) | >0.001 |
 No | 19 (13.4) | 4 (2.8) | 23 (16.2) | |
Do you believe that smokingis permitted during pregnancy? | ||||
 Yes | 5 (1.7) | 3 (1) | 8 (2.7) | >0.001 |
 No | 63 (21.1) | 208 (69.6) | 271 (90.7) | |
Do you believe that smoking causes problems to the fetus? | ||||
 Yes | 44 (14.7) | 208 (84.3) | 252 (99) | >0.001 |
 No | 11 (3.7) | 2 (9.6) | 13 (13.3) | |
Do you believe that smoking causes problems despite the number of cigarettes? | ||||
 Yes | 54 (18.2) | 203 (68.4) | 257 (86.6) | >0.001 |
 No | 24 (8.1) | 16 (5.4) | 40 (13.5) | |
Do you believe that passive smoking affects the fetus? | ||||
 Yes | 38 (12.7) | 170 (56.9) | 208 (69.6) | >0.001 |
 No | 6 (2) | 3 (1) | 9 (3) | |