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Smoking in Pregnancy Project Report: June 2012
3.2 Knowsley, Halton & St Helens
In total 44 women were referred via the NPRS system onto the local stop smoking services.
Five women (11.4%) reported being a non-smoker, however two (4.5%) of these provided
CO readings of 6ppm or above. In addition, one woman (2.3%) reported she had already
quit within the last two weeks.
3.2.1 Demographics
The majority of women referred (where known) were white British (43.2%, n=19) and were
aged between 17 and 38 years old as shown in table 3.
Table 3: Key demographics
% (n)
Ethnicity White British 43.2 (19)
Other White Background -
Unknown 56.8 (25)
Occupation Routine and Manual 2.3 (1)
Never worked or Unemployed 6.8 (3)
Home carer (unpaid) 2.3 (1)
Unable to code 88.6 (39)
Age Mean (range) 28 (17 –38)
Where taken, the average CO reading was 16ppm, ranging from 1 – 70ppm. The average
number of weeks pregnant was 11 with a range of 0 – 26.
3.2.3 Referrals
Over 93.2% (n=41) of the referrals were made by midwives with the remaining referrals
made by the hospital (4.5%, n=2) and other (2.3%, n=1).
Only one client (2.3%) reported having another smoker in the household but this partner
or family member was not referred.
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