III. Maternal smoking cessation: a cost effective strategy for managed care Introduction
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Pregnancy and the periods preceding and following it provide an opportune time for managed care to intervene with women smokers. Women schedule regular prenatal visits with their obstetricians and, following birth, schedule routine well child care visits with paediatricians; this allows for a continuum of active yet brief intervention from preconceptual through the postnatal child raising years. Many young women who do not routinely use health care will seek care during pregnancy, and for some women it is the first time they consider or are eligible …
