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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Television Health Series Presents: Helping Pregnant Smokers Quit. May 2003. View Webcast.

National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Offers Support And Tips for Pregnant Smokers During Holidays. Dec. 18, 2002. View

News Release: The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit is Formed to Reduce Infant Mortality, Number of Low-Birth-Weight Babies. April 25, 2002. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: In Response to “Trends and Variations in Smoking During Pregnancy and Low Birth Weight: Evidence From the Birth Certificate, 1990-2000”
PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 5 May 2003, pp. 1176-1180. June 2, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT NEEDED TO HELP PREGNANT SMOKERS QUIT: The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2003. May 30, 2003. View

The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Endorses Federal Committee - Proposal to Help Americans Kick the Habit Increases in Cigarette Taxes Particularly Effective in Reducing Smoking Among Pregnant Women. February 14, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: Committee Recommends Federal Cigarette Tax Increase To Save Lives - Increases in Cigarette Taxes Particularly Effective in Reducing Smoking Among Pregnant Women. February 14, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: Inclusion of Performance Indicators on Tobacco Use Among Pregnant Women in Title V of the Social Security Act - Indicators Would Give States Stronger Incentives to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit. February 28, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: Rejected Increase in Cigarette Tax Would Have Saved Millions of Lives Federal Committee’s Recommendation to Have Been Particularly Effective in Reducing Smoking Among Pregnant Women. February 28, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: New March of Dimes Campaign to Tackle #1 Obstetric Problem in U.S. – Preterm Births. January 31, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: Improved Prenatal Care is One of Top 20 Health Priorities in Institute of Medicine Report. January 9, 2003. View

Press statement by Cathy Melvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit and Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: CDC Study, "Births: Final Data for 2001," Reports Drop in Smoking During Pregnancy. December 20, 2002. View

Press statement by Dr. Cathy Melvin, Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office: New CDC Study Emphasizes Need to Increase Access to Smoking Cessation Services. July 26, 2002. View

Press statement by Dr. Cathy Melvin, Director, Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office on the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, April 12, 2002 "Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs-United States, 1995-1999". April 12, 2002. View