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It's known and accepted in the UK you can't drink/smoke when pregnant. It's social taboo. I've never seen it in the UK.
by hacker_9 11y ago
It's known and accepted in the UK you can't drink/smoke when pregnant. It's social taboo. I've never seen it in the UK.
- DanBC 11y ago"never seen it" is not the same as "it doesn't happen". Smoking during pregnancy has been on the decline for years, and 2014 was the lowest it's been. http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/4788/Prevalence-of-mothers-smoking-whilst-pregnant-is-lowest-on-record http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/4788/Prevalence-of-mothers-s... > Today's report shows the prevalence of women who classed themselves as smokers whilst pregnant fell to 12.0 per cent (75,910 out of 632,960 maternities)3 from 12.7 per cent (83,490 out of 658,110 maternities) in the previous year4, and this continues the steady decline from 2006-07 when this was 15.1 per cent.5 Lowest on record, but still 12% is pretty high. I suspect the reason, as you say, is the taboo. A pregnant woman who smokes faces a lot of judgement, so she's probably going to smoke at home.
- dazc 11y ago"It's social taboo. I've never seen it in the UK." It goes on but not so much in public though.