Stop smoking

Pregnancy and smoking

Pregnancy is a great reason to give up smoking.

Quitting is one of the best things you can do to give your baby the best start in life.

The sooner you start your quit attempt and stop smoking completely, the better it is for you and your baby.

It's never too late to stop smoking.

Nicotine is very addictive so it's really important to get the right support to help you give up smoking.

We're here to help. Our stop smoking advisors can give you, your partner and family free support to quit smoking for good.

You can ask for help for yourself or for someone you know.

Health professionals can also use this form to refer patients.

Or, speak to your stop smoking adviser:

Support is from UCan, which is ran by South Tyneside Council, the Clinical Commissioning Group and Inspire.

Your midwife will refer you to the South Tyneside Stop Smoking Service.

A stop smoking advisor from your nearest children's centre will contact you to make you an appointment.

You will receive a Love2Shop e-voucher for reaching different milestones. The milestones are:

You will need to visit the Love2Shop website and request a code to spend online or have a gift card loaded with the credit to your home.

Stopping smoking now you are pregnant will have lots of benefits to both you and your baby, during your pregnancy and afterwards.

You will reduce your risk of:

You will reduce the risk to your baby of:

For more information on how smoking affects your baby and the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy, please visit NHS: Stop smoking in pregnancy.