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Health Care Professional Smoking Cessation Counseling for Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Health Care Professionals play an important and proven role in the success of pregnant and postpartum women to quit smoking. Studies show that a brief counseling intervention of 5-15 minutes, when delivered by a trained health care professional and augmented with pregnancy- and/or parent-specific self-help materials, can double or, in some cases, triple smoking cessation rates among pregnant and postpartum women.

Helpful Information:

• Facts About Smoking During Pregnancy and Environmental Tobacco Smoke
• The 5 As : Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Counseling for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
• NC Medicaid Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation Counseling