Background Maternal smoking is a key cause of poor outcomes for mothers, babies and
children and Wales has higher rates of smoking in pregnancy than any other UK country …

Background Maternal smoking is a key cause of poor health outcomes. In Wales, a third of
pregnant women smoke before or during pregnancy, the highest prevalence of maternal …

Background Smoking during pregnancy is a major public health concern and an NHS
priority. In 2010, 26% of UK women smoked immediately before or during their pregnancy …

Abstract Background The UK National Health Service provides Stop Smoking Services for
pregnant women (SSSP) but there is a lack of evidence concerning how these are best …

Objectives Financial incentives are recommended by the UK's National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence to aid smoking cessation in pregnancy. However, little is known about …

Smoking rates during pregnancy in Rotherham are high, and between 2007 and 2010 were
on an upward trend. Previous local initiatives to address the problem, such as introducing an …

Background Maternal smoking in pregnancy is associated with several adverse maternal
and infant health outcomes including increased risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, low birth …

Background Smoking is the most important preventable cause of adverse pregnancy
outcomes, but provision of smoking cessation support (SCS) to pregnant women is poor. We …

Reducing smoking rates in pregnancy continues to be a public health priority. Given a recent
UK government policy change resulting in The National Health Service (NHS) making a …

Introduction Smoking cessation in pregnancy remains a public health priority. Our team used
the Behaviour Change Wheel to develop the Midwives and Obstetricians Helping Mothers to …