Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

,A coalition of organisations committed to reducing rates of smoking in pregnancy.

An overview of national guidance and policy relating to smoking in pregnancy.

News releases issued by the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group.

This page contains resources to support health professionals who CO screen pregnant women for carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is especially dangerous during pregnancy because it deprives the baby of oxygen, slows its growth and development, and increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death. It is important that all pregnant women are tested for carbon monoxide.

This page contains resources to support colleagues in Local Maternity Systems who are working to reduce smoking in pregnancy

Smokefree Pregnancy Information Network

This page contains resources and information to support the delivery of interventions to reduce smoking prevalence among pregnant women’s partners or other household members.

The Challenge Group has produced several reports reviewing the progressmade in reducing smoking in pregnancy in England. These reports provide a useful overviewof the policy landscape at the time of publication and make recommendations toreduce rates of smoking in pregnancy

This page contains resources to support the training of those involved in smoking in pregnancy care pathways

All resources relating to the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group.

The Challenge Group is seeking to bring together individuals from maternity settings who have responsibility for implementing NICE guidance on smoking, often as part of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle. By identifying yourself as the Smokefree Pregnancy Champion for your area you will:

E-cigarettes are much less harmful to health than tobacco. This page contains resources and information about the use of e-cigarettes before, during and after pregnancy

This page contains presentations and resources from Challenge Group events

This page contains resources and information to enable Health Visitors and other healthcare professionals to support pregnant women and parents to quit smoking and keep their home smokefree

Incentives to support smokers to quit during pregnancy are both effective and cost effective. This page contains information and resources to support the commissioning of incentive schemes for commissioners and practitioners.