Regular reassessment and encouragement should continue throughout pregnancy to support eventual nicotine abstinence
Purify the air : Once the house is clean, use a HEPA air purifier/filter to improve indoor air quality and remove odors, smoke, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Assessment should explore readiness to quit, level of dependence, withdrawal symptoms, mental health conditions, trauma history, co-occurring substance use and social stressors
In Worcestershire, there are Maternity Support workers with specialist skills to support women to quit smoking Alongside the support for pregnant women and their families, both Trusts have also introduced a range of other measures to support an increase in smoke-free pregnancies, including stocking Nicotine Replacement Therapy on maternity wards which will be prescribed directly by midwives, and providing very brief advice training for all midwifery and neonatal staff to help them offer support to patients to quit smoking
If you are a smoker who is pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, we want to help you kick the habit
Yet, smokers can go on long flights or even enter health retreats and never experience any physical effects but the minute they are back in the real world, they again believe that they need them
