Acute care

Biggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded

By 2024-07-04T11:05:00

Cigarette butts

Source: weegeebored

Last year saw the biggest ever fall in the proportion of mothers smoking during pregnancy, which campaigners have attributed to expansion of a “stop smoking” programme in maternity services.

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