Australian Women’s Perspectives on Preventing Postpartum Relapse or Quitting Smoking or Vaping in the Postpartum Year
This study highlights the diverse and evolving support preferences of postpartum women across smoking and vaping trajectories. Women identified interventions addressing stress, mental health, and regulatory environments and supporting parenting motivations as being helpful. Findings underscore the importance of nuanced, subgroup-specific strategies to sustain nicotine cessation postpartum.
Authors
- Larisa Ariadne Justine Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-775X)
- Megan Passey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-0235)
- Billie Bonevski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-622X)
- Jo Longman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-7772)
- Cathy Adams
- Christine Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-5246)
- Vicki-Lee Gersh
- Simone Druitt
Institutions
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Lismore Base Hospital (AU)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Western NSW Local Health District (AU)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AU)
- Mental Health Commission (IE)
- Mental Health Commission (AU)
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf224
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cancer Institute NSW
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Cancer Council NSW