Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond:
Online Resources
Information for Smokers and Their Families
Information for Health Care Professionals
- The March of Dimes -- Professional resources to help pregnant smokers quit
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- This site provides ideas for patients on how to quit smoking, and additional resource information for providers.
- Office of the Surgeon General: Tobacco Cessation Guideline -- Contains the latest drugs and counseling techniques for treating tobacco use and dependence.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Smoking Cessation Home Page -- Smoking cessation resources for patients and providers.
- Surgeon General's Report: Women and Smoking 2001 -- Provides a four-page summary of the conclusion of the Surgeon General's Report, fact sheets addressing the findings, a PDF version of the report itself, and more.
- Research Report Series on Nicotine Addiction -- Provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
- Smoke-Free Families -- Resources to help counselors of pregnant women who smoke.
- Impact of Smoking on Women -- From the American Medical Women's Association
- Treatobacco.net -- Presents evidence-based information about the treatment of tobacco dependence, under five headings: Efficacy, Safety, Demographics and Health Effects, Health Economics, and Policy.
- The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit -- Diverse information on helping pregnant smokers quit as well as on the partnership itself.
- Preventing Smoking During Pregnancy (PDF) -- A fact sheet produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (requires Adobe Reader)
- Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. (PDF) --This reference guide contains strategies and recommendations from the Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. The guideline was designed to assist clinicians; smoking cessation specialists; and health care administrators, insurers, and purchasers in identifying and assessing tobacco users and in delivering effective tobacco dependence interventions. (requires Adobe Reader)
