Tag: pregnant smokers
The Missteps of Ignoring Harm Reduction in Pregnancy – When Stakes...
Merseyside and Cheshire NHS services have recently introduced sweeping restrictions on publicly funded in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Among the new rules is one that...
Cambridge Study Says Smoking in Pregnancy is Riskier Than Previously Thought
Pregnant smokers were almost three times as likely to experience premature births than non-smokers, in what is significantly higher than previously estimated.The study, “Objective...
UK Program Will Offer Pregnant Smokers up to £400 to Quit...
The recommendation to offer financial incentives was first put forward by the Royal College of Physicians.Research conducted last year had suggested that financial incentives...
South-East Asian Pregnant Women Tend to Use Smokeless Tobacco
The UK’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said that pregnant women who are unable to quit smoking should be offered financial incentives to help...
Study: Vaping During Pregnancy Affects Offspring Into Adulthood
Published in the “American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology,” the study was conducted using a rat model. Female pregnant rats were exposed to...
UK Physicians Suggest Financial Incentives for Pregnant Smokers Unable to Quit
As it stands the UK's Smoke Free goal will not actually be achieved until 2050.The RCP said that at any point of contact with...
UK: NHS May be Giving Pregnant Women £400 Vouchers to Quit...
Research suggests that for every 1,000 pregnant women offered vouchers, 177 would stop smoking.Research, says the guidance, suggests that for every 1,000 pregnant women...
UK Stop Smoking Services’ Opinions of E-Cig Use For Smoking Cessation...
Most SSS managers said they support the use of e-cigarettes amongst pregnant women who already vaped prior to the pregnancy, but they would not...
