Objective: To investigate active and passive smoking during pregnancy in the Versailles suburbs before workshops for smoking cessation.
Materials and methods: Descriptive investigation of 1006 pregnant women in the perinatal community of the Versailles suburbs based on autoquestionnaire. The variables analysed included the characteristics of the mother during pregnancy, the presence of a smoking spouse and a professional exposition to passive smoking, the perception of risk linked to smoking, and the help for smoking cessation.
Discussion and conclusion: An assistance to stop smoking could be suggested to smoking pregnant women and their spouses.