Trends in Prescribing of Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Pregnant Women in Primary Care in England.
Lisa SzatkowskiLuis Reeves VazLinda FiaschiLaila TataTim ColemanPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
Women who smoke during pregnancy may be being denied potentially effective means to help them quit, contrary to NICE guidance, at what can be a teachable moment with substantial immediate and longer-term health benefits for woman and their unborn child, and economic benefits for the NHS. When the organizations responsible for offering smoking cessation support are changed, health systems should consider potential adverse effects on the delivery of support and deploy strategies for mitigating these.
Keyphrases
- smoking cessation
- replacement therapy
- primary care
- pregnant women
- mental health
- pregnancy outcomes
- public health
- healthcare
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- human health
- preterm infants
- patient safety
- general practice
- risk assessment
- case report
- social media
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- emergency department
- breast cancer risk
- climate change
- quality improvement
- health promotion
- life cycle