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Tobacco Control 2000;9(Supplement 3 ):iii80-iii84; doi:10.1136/tc.9.suppl_3.iii80
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Tob Control 2000;9(Suppl 3):iii80-iii84 ( Autumn )

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Recommended cessation counselling for pregnant women who smoke: a review of the evidence Cathy L Melvina, Patricia Dolan-Mullenb, Richard A Windsorc, H Pennington Whiteside Jrc, Robert L Goldenbergc

a Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, b Center for Health Promotion Research and Prevention, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, School of Health, Houston, Texas, USA, c Smoke-Free Families National Program Office, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Correspondence to: Cathy L Melvin, PhD, MPH, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Road, Campus Box 7590, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA cathy_melvin{at}unc.edu

OBJECTIVE---To review the evidence base underlying recommended cessation counselling for pregnant women who smoke, as it applies to the steps identified in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's publication, Treating tobacco use and dependence: a clinical practice guideline.
DATA SOURCES---Secondary analysis of literature reviews and meta-analyses.
DATA SYNTHESIS---A brief cessation counselling session of 5-15 minutes, when delivered by a trained provider with the provision of pregnancy specific, self help materials, significantly increases rates of cessation among pregnant smokers. This low intensity intervention achieves a modest but clinically significant effect on cessation rates, with an average risk ratio of 1.7 (95% confidence interval 1.3 to 2.2). There are five components of the recommended method---"ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange".
CONCLUSIONS---We recommend these evidence based procedures be adopted by all prenatal care providers. The use of this evidence based intervention is feasible in most office or clinic settings offering prenatal care and can be implemented without inhibiting other important aspects of prenatal care or disrupting patient flow. If implemented widely, this approach has the potential to achieve an important reduction in a number of adverse maternal, infant, and pregnancy outcomes and to reduce associated, excess health care costs.


Keywords: smoking cessation; pregnancy

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