There are many things employers can do to help pregnant smokers quit, even if it's as simple as providing them with information about local resources or quit lines.
Providing help to smokers works best when eliminating smoking at the workplace is combined with providing help in quitting, such as referring employees to state or national quitline services, contracting with quitline vendors to provide services to your employees, providing on-site smoking cessation counseling and classes, providing health plan coverage of smoking cessation counseling, or giving employees information about community-based treatment and quit-smoking aids. These efforts will help create a supportive work environment, which is a critical element of an overall plan to assist pregnant smokers in quitting smoking.
Additional information on how your company can help:
Creating a smoking cessation program
Creating demand for a smoking cessation program
Providing coverage for smoking cessation services
Making your workplace smokefree
Smoke-free workplace laws
Resources for pregnant smokers
Key things to consider
| Smoking During Pregnancy Fact: |
Quitting smoking during pregnancy is one of the most important things a woman can do to have a healthy baby. |