Assumptions about pregnant women who smoke

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• Pregnancy is a good thing and is therefore an opportunity for positive change.
  
  
• Expectant mothers know that tobacco is harmful to the fetus.
  
  
• The health of the fetus should be a strong enough motivation for the woman to quit.
  
  
• The pregnant woman’s partner will want her to quit smoking also.
  
  
• Helping pregnant women to quit smoking is no different from helping any smoker.
  
  
• The woman has told her doctor and other health care providers that she smokes.

 

For information about each assumption, visit the Health Canada web site and do a keyword search on "Quit Smoking Telephone Counselling Protocol for Pregnant and Postpartum Women."

 

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