Many programs, services and products are available to help you incorporate evidence-based smoking cessation counseling (the "5 A's") into your routine care of pregnant women. Several useful patient education materials are described below. Download pdf version.
Need help putting out that cigarette? Booklet, produced by Smoke-Free Families.
A self-help booklet for pregnant smokers that includes benefits for the pregnant smoker and her baby, ways to prepare to quit, setting a quit date, how to handle "slips" and tips for after the baby is born.
This full-color, 28-page booklet can be viewed in pdf format. A single copy of the brochure is available without charge by emailing The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Resource Center at resources@acog.org. Please include your name, affiliation, and mailing address with your request. Packages of 50 pamphlets may be purchased from the ACOG Distribution Center (800-762-ACOG X882) or online at http://www.acog.org/ in the ACOG Bookstore and looking under Patient Education.
Smoke-Free Families can also provide you with the printer files for the booklet, so that you can contract to have the booklet printed for your organization. Please call 919-843-7663 for more information.
Pregnant and Smoking (It's okay to ask for Help) provider office poster developed by The National Partnerhsip to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit. Copies can be ordered for free by calling 919-843-7663 or emailing mail:feedback:helppregnantsmokersquit.org. View poster in pdf format. This poster is now available in a version that targets American Indian/Alaska Native audiences. It can also be ordered for free by calling 919-843-7663 or emailing mail:feedback:helppregnantsmokersquit.org. View in pdf format
You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Prenatal Care Provider. Tear Sheets, produced by the U.S. Public Health Service and Smoke-Free Families.
This one pager, available in tear-off pads of 50, is intended for use in providers' offices, to be used in counseling pregnant smokers to quit. The information is taken from "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence," A Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline.
This guide is available in pdf format from this site in English or Spanish. Free copies can be ordered by contacting the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 800-358-9295 , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 800-CDC-1311, or the National Cancer Institute,
800-4-CANCER.
The newly developed Pregnancy and Postpartum Quitline Toolkit provides a rationale for pregnancy and post-partum specific quitline services, best-practice pregnancy and post-partum protocols, and information on how to promote pregnancy and post-partum counseling services in your state.
“The Facts About Pregnancy and Smoking” and/or “Deje De Fumar; Para Que su Bebe Nazca Sano." Developed by the March of Dimes. Smoking during pregnancy not only harms the pregnant woman, it can be dangerous for her baby and cause low birthweight. This pamphlet also discusses risks to the baby’s health, tips on quitting, and ways to avoid secondhand smoke.
It is available in English and in Spanish. To order, call the March of Dimes Fulfillment Center at 800-367-6630. Outside of the United States, call 570-820-8104. Packages of 50 pamphlets cost $10.
Costs of a Smoking Cessation Counseling Intervention for Pregnant Women: Comparison of Three Settings - Although the rate of smoking among women giving birth in the Unted States has declined steadily from 19.5% in 1989 to 11.4% in 2002, it still far exceeds the Healthy People 2010 goal of 1%. The objective of this study was to estimate costs of a recommended five-step smoking cessation counseling intervention for pregnant women.