Supporting pregnant people to stop smoking
Overview
Organisation: Manchester Foundation Trust – St Mary's, Wythenshawe Hospital
Organisation type: NHS Trust
Overwhelming research demonstrates that smoking, including using shisha, during pregnancy has serious consequences on the health of the child and can lead to an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth and low birth weight. Smoking during pregnancy also increases the risk of infant mortality by an estimated 40% (Department of Health 2007).
Within the Greater Manchester (GM) Infant Mortality review, it was identified that smoking was the most prominent risk factor associated with infant mortality. Additionally, according to NHS England's Saving babies' lives version 3, element 1, reducing smoking in pregnancy is a key factor in reducing infant mortality during the perinatal period. So, taking a universal approach to smoking cessation in pregnancy will hopefully help deliver smoke-free pregnancies and smoke-free childhoods.
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