Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the characters of the actions of daily life of the pregnant women who have the habit of smoking. The approach was pursued by the interview, through questioner, with the women who had given birth to the low birth weight infants.
As compared with the women who do not smoke, the characters of the pregnant women with the habit of smoking were as follows.
1. They had less happiness about their pregnancy, and they showed a high rate of abortion.
2. In respect of their diets, many of them did not have breakfast, and/or took unbalanced diets.
3. They had fewer baby boys, and short period of gestational age.
From these characters, it can be deduced that the effects of smoking during pregnancy on the fetus are related with the problems in the actions of daily life. In the light of this point, the health guidance should be provided for an examination of the actions of daily life as well as for a prohibition of smoking.
