This page aims to give you information of the RISKS of smoking and the BENEFITS of stopping for women and their partners, who are planning a pregnancy, are pregnant or have recently had a baby. The single most important thing you can do for you, and your family is to give up smoking.
Stopping Smoking in Pregnancy Videos
For more information you can click the following link to watch a number of videos by Wendy Griffith, Stop Smoking Specialist Midwife, about stopping smoking in pregnancy. The videos focus on the benefits of stopping smoking during pregnancy, the risks of smoking during pregnancy and the support offered by the Rotherham NHS Stop Smoking Service.
Why not let us help?
Rotherham Stop Smoking Service has a specialist service just for women and their families which consists of specially trained Midwives and Stop Smoking Advisors to help you stop smoking, giving you and your family a fresh start!
We provide one to one appointments at a place and time that is suitable to you such as, your home, your place of work. If your partner, friends or relatives would also like to stop smoking then we can support them at the same time!
We will see you every week until you are at least 4 week quit and then offer you support throughout your pregnancy and after you have had your baby.
We provide support and advice on stopping smoking and suggest tips to resist the urges to smoke and will recommend that you use Nicotine Replacement Therapy to help with the cravings as using this doubles your chance of success. This is free whether you pay for your prescription or not!
Many women, their partners and families have already stopped smoking with the Rotherham Stop Smoking Service. If you have tried to stop smoking in the past and have found it difficult, let us help you and make it easier for yourself. Why don’t you join the success too? Call us on 01709 422444 to make an appointment. You can also find out more information and advice below:
