Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking

Smoking in pregnancy is dangerous for both the mother and the unborn baby. Women who quit smoking before or during pregnancy reduce the risk for adverse reproductive outcomes, including difficulties in becoming pregnant, infertility, premature rupture of membranes, preterm deliver, and low birth weight.

RESOURCES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

Quit Kit

Michigan Department of Community Health
The Expectant Mother's Quit Kit has lots of helpful information, motivation and strategies for quitting. The kit has three booklets. Call 1-800-537-5666 and ask for free “Expectant Mother’s Quit Kit” or download all three booklets here.

Just the Facts, Mom
Planning to Quit
After You've Quit: Staying on Track

To order a coupon for the nicotine patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray or lozenge - which can almost double your chances of quitting for good - call: 1-800-537-5666

BABYS (Babies Against Breathing Your Smoke)
The Macomb County Tobacco Prevention Coalition developed a smoking cessation program for pregnant women called BABYS (Babies Against Breathing Your Smoke) through a grant from Creating a Healthier Macomb. Listed below are handouts to help you in your quitting process:

• Contract for not smoking
• How quitting can help
• Tips for getting ready to quit
• Preparing to quit
• Tips to reduce urge to smoke
• Tips for quitting and staying quit
• Relaxation tips

Great Start: American Legacy Foundation
(Working with American Cancer Society)
1001 G Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 2001
Phone: (866) 66-START – (1-866-667-8278
www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart

The Great Start program is designed especially for PREGNANT women. FREE telephone counseling and support are available. This program enables caller to enroll in program 24 hours a day. Support materials are provided to caller. Counseling sessions (between 6 and 8) are prearranged at caller’s convenience.

March of Dimes
Find out about the risks caused by smoking during pregnancy to your unborn baby.
Call 1-888-663-4637.
Web site: www.modimes.org

Smoke-Free Families Program
A national program to identify and disseminate evidence-based approaches to improving smoking cessation rates during pregnancy. Supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Call 1-919-843-7663.
Web site: www.smokefreefamilies.org

Weight-Control Information Network
National Institute of Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Discover how to improve eating habits and avoid weight gain when quitting smoking.
Web site: www.niddk/hig.gov/halth/nutrit/pubs/quitsmok/index/htm