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Around 7.4% of moms-to-be were smoking when their pregnancies came to an end between April 2023 and April 2024. That’s a drop of 1.4% — or around 6,000 women — on the year before.
Smoking causes numerous devastating illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, lung disease and stroke. It thought to be behind around three in 20 cases of cancer and six in 20 cancer deaths in the U.K., according to BritishCigarette smokers inhale carbon monoxide, which can limit the amount of oxygen that reaches a fetus in the womb. This increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death.
The vast majority of maternity care is provided by the country’s public health system, the National Heath Service. More than 90% of NHS maternity providers currently offer dedicated stop smoking services to their patients. “We want to help even more pregnant women to kick the habit and will continue to provide dedicated support to anyone accessing our maternity services,” she added.Back in 2019, lawmakers announced a plan to create a ‘smokefree England’ by 2030. This would be achieved if less than five percent of adults smoked.finding the government was likely to miss its target by seven years. In the poorest parts of the country, it wouldn’t be hit until 2044.
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