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Staying Healthy
Smoking in Pregnancy
Pregnancy, the period prior to it and afterwards,
provides opportunities to help pregnant smokers stop smoking. Not only
are many women smokers motivated to stop smoking at this time, they
experience higher levels of family support to stop smoking and have
greater contact with the healthcare system.
Smoking in pregnancy prevalence for North Yorkshire is 12.1% and 16.7% for York. The national prevalence is 13.5%.
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Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious pregnancy-related health problems. These include: complications during labour and an increased risk of miscarriage; premature birth; still birth; low birth-weight and sudden unexpected death in infancy.
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Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of infant mortality by an estimated 40%.
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Mothers under the age of 20 were almost six times as likely as those aged 35 or over to have smoked throughout pregnancy (35% and 6% respectively).
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Mothers in routine and manual occupations were five times more likely than those in managerial and professional occupations to have smoked throughout pregnancy (20% and 4% respectively).
Stopping smoking during pregnancy is the single most important step a mother can take to benefit her health and her baby’s health.
North Yorkshire Stop Smoking Service NHS provides one-to-one or group sessions with trained stop smoking advisors. We also have pregnancy stop smoking specialists who can offer advice about dealing with stress, weight gain and the nicotine replacement therapy available to help manage cravings.
Find out more or make a referral:
| Locality | Advisor | Expertise | Direct contact | North Yorkshire Stop Smoking Service |
| Craven | Frances Astin | Frances is a Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor based in Skipton. She offers a range of one-to-one and group sessions in the Craven district. | 01756 701737 | 0300 303 1603 |
| Harrogate and Rural district | Jo Rollerson | Jo is a Smoking in Pregnancy Advisor. Jo offers a one-to-one service to pregnant women who smoke and their partners. She is based at Harrogate Hospital. | 01423 553009 | |
| Hambleton and Richmondshire |
Christiane Adams
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Christiane is a Midwife and Smoking in Pregnancy Advisor who offers a one-to-one service to pregnant women who smoke and their partners. Christiane is based at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton but also offers ante natal services in Catterick. | 01609 764814 | |
| Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale | Sue Cullen | Sue is a Smoking in Pregnancy Advisor offering a one-to-one service to pregnant women who smoke and their partners at a range of community and health centres in the Scarborough district. | 01723 342877 | |
| Selby and York | Siobhan Farnsworth | Siobhan is a Smoking in Pregnancy Advisor who offers a one-to-one service to pregnant women who smoke and their partners at community and health centres in York and Selby | 0300 303 1603 |
Please see the Smoking in Pregnancy Factsheet for further information and advice on smoking in pregnancy.
Call the National NHS Pregnancy Smoking Helpline on 0800 169 9 169 or visit www.smokefree.nhs.uk
