Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

This page provides a brief overview of the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group's key recommendations for ending smoking during pregnancy.

Resources to support health professionals who CO screen pregnant women for carbon monoxide.

A collection of regional and local case studies of smoking in pregnancy pilots and programmes.

Information and resources to support the commissioning of incentive schemes for commissioners and practitioners.

Resources to support those working to reduce smoking in pregnancy in Local Maternity Systems.

An overview of national guidance and policy relating to smoking in pregnancy.

Resources and information to enable health visitors and other healthcare professionals to support women and parents to quit smoking post-delivery and maintain smokefree homes long term.

All Challenge Group reports published from 2015 onwards.

Information and resources for those in maternity settings who have responsibility for implementing NICE guidance on smoking, often as part of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle.

The Smokefree Pregnancy Information Network has been established by the Challenge Group to support colleagues working across the country to reduce smoking in pregnancy.

Resources and information to support the delivery of interventions to reduce smoking prevalence among pregnant women’s partners or other household members.

Resources to support the training of those involved in smoking in pregnancy care pathways.

Resources and information about the use of e-cigarettes before, during and after pregnancy.

Recordings of all Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group webinars.