Quitting Smoking during pregnancy

Quitting smoking during pregnancy Scenario: Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is associated with poorer birth outcomes.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are almost three times more likely as non-Indigenous people to be daily smokers (van der Stern, Greenhalgh, Hanley Jones, Knoche, & Winstanley (2020). In 2017, approximately 44% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women reported smoking during pregnancy (van der Stern et al., 2020).

Clinical Inquiry: Sandra is attending her first antenatal appointment at her Aboriginal health clinic and has asked you about a program to quit smoking.