Self help intervention during antenatal care fails to cut smoking

A low cost, self help intervention to stop smoking in pregnancy was acceptable to midwives and pregnant women, but was ineffective when implemented during routine antenatal care. A cluster randomised trial by Moore and colleagues (p 1383) randomised midwives either to continue to provide pregnant smokers with normal care or additionally to introduce a series of self help booklets to encourage smoking cessation and prevent relapse. Cotinine validated cessation rates were similar in both trial arms, but substantially lower than the self reported rates on which current smoking policy is based.
 
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Self help smoking cessation in pregnancy: cluster randomised controlled trial
Laurence Moore, Rona Campbell, Amanda Whelan, Nicola Mills, Phillippa Lupton, Elizabeth Misselbrook, and Julie Frohlich
BMJ 2002 325: 1383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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