Tobacco Use and Pregnancy
Tobacco Use and Pregnancy
Every year in the United States, more than 480,000 people die from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, making smoking the leading cause of preventable death in this country. The American Lung Association in Pennsylvania has free tobacco cessation resources for your community – specifically for pregnant women and mothers. Smoking increases the risk of birth defects, premature labor and even Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. So, as you know, supporting women of child-bearing age and pregnant women with quitting tobacco is so important.
When you are pregnant, you want the best for your baby. When you stop smoking, your baby will get more oxygen, even after just one day of not smoking. There is less risk your baby will be born too early. The PA Free Quitline offers FREE incentives for pregnant and postpartum women looking to quit tobacco. The PA Pregnancy Protocol outlines how to get enrolled in the program today! The Pregnancy Packet in English and Spanish includes materials to promote the PA Free Quitline Pregnancy Incentive Program. Please email Susan Porambo to order pregnancy packets to use in you community.
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PA FREE Quitline
The Pennsylvania Free Quitline offers up to five proactive coaching sessions, unlimited inbound calls, and customized quit plans to each participant. Coaches are available seven days a week and telephone calls can be scheduled for when it is most convenient for the caller.
Eligible PA Free Quitline callers enrolled in phone counseling will now be offered a total of eight weeks of combination nicotine replacement therapy instead of the previous offering of four weeks.
- The Quitline is available 24/7 by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
Most Quitlines can arrange for a translator for those who want to quit but speak a different language. Additional, there are Quitlines available for people who speak Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese
PA Tobacco Cessation – All Adult Cessation Programs Flyer
Quitline Free – Available Materials
Quitline Free – Order Form for materials
Pregnant – When you are pregnant, you want the best for your baby. When you stop smoking, your baby will get more oxygen, even after just one day of not smoking. There is less risk your baby will be born too early. The PA Free Quitline offers FREE incentives for pregnant and postpartum women looking to quit tobacco. The PA Pregnancy Protocol outlines how to get enrolled in the program today! The Pregnancy Packet in English and Spanish includes materials to promote the PA Free Quitline Pregnancy Incentive Program.
- Please email Susan Porambo to order pregnancy packets to use in you community.
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Additional Resources
- Visit the American Lung Association’s website
- Learn more about the CDC
- Visit the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Health Needs 2020 Assessment Reports – Regional Profiles
Facilitators are able to access a catalog of all print literature that is available, view pricing and place an order for FFS materials through our new print store. Please submit prior to the start of your clinic, preferable two full weeks before.
- Learn more about data reports and resources from Pennsylvania’s Department of Health
- Visit the CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers
- Learn more about the Tobacco Free Kids Campaign
Read the announcement concerning a new, national anti-vaping curriculum providing youth with facts about e-cigarettes and resources to quit, called Vaping: Know the Truth.
Vaping: Know the Truth will help guide teachers and empower teens who vape to quit, or to never start in the first place. The curriculum will be available to schools across the country.
- Vaping: Know the Truth Flyer
Describes vaping prevention and resources to quit. - This is Quitting Flyer
A free, anonymous, text message, quit vaping program from truth®. Partnership opportunities to customize This is Quitting with your tobacco-control programs are available.
