Research suggests depression keeps many from kicking the habit
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from:msnbc.comDespite stigma, 1 in 10 pregnant women smoke
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Disgusting, and that's coming from a smoker. Mind you my wife and I haven't had any kids yet. There was a girl in my office who was pregnant and smoked. Everybody used to see her light up and just look the other way and shake their head. She was trailer trash anyway but still. She said her doctor said it was ok for an occasional cigarette. I'm thinking to myself, you need a different doctor. It doesn't matter if you're depressed. Get over yourself, if you can't give up cigarettes for 9 months to have a baby you have no business getting pregnant. Being a parent comes with sacrifices and if you can't sacrifice your cigarette addiction for your child living inside you, you are a weak person.
You are a smoker, bashing a smoker for not quitting? Right, because you can quit smoking any time huh? You say if your depressed "get over yourself?",and call people "white trash"? You are obviously a judgmental silver spoon fed mommas boy, who thrives on bashing other people to feel better about your self. The theme to the article is that people have problems that are not easily curable which require help, what kind of help, and that is baby or no baby.
So taking jabs at someones socio-economic status is really irrelevant to the fact that she smokes while pregnant. I have known MANY very intelligent and highly educated women, middle to upper class, who smoke their whole pregnancies or worse. To address the fact that pregnant women smoke because of depression is the same thing as assuming that that 1 in 5 adults who smoke in America are depressed as well.
So, I guess one would say to you that you should "get over yourself" buddy....no one wants to smell the stink on you either. Pregnant or not.
This is a high-risk group of poor, inner-city women. Almost half are currently suffering major depression, and Blalock says many also have a history of abuse or other trauma. But they volunteered for the study because they want to quit smoking.
They're not concerned with the stigma of having (more) children when they're poor, but the study thinks they should be affected by the stigma of smoking. Okaaaaay.