WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
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B.1.5: Tobacco use<br />
RECOMMENDATION B.1.5: Health-<strong>care</strong> providers should ask all pregnant women about their<br />
tobacco use (past and present) and exposure to sec<strong>on</strong>d-hand smoke as early as possible in<br />
<strong>pregnancy</strong> and at every <strong>antenatal</strong> <strong>care</strong> visit. (Recommended)<br />
Remarks<br />
• This str<strong>on</strong>g recommendati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> low-quality evidence has been integrated from the 2013 <str<strong>on</strong>g>WHO</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>recommendati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>for</strong> the preventi<strong>on</strong> and management of tobacco use and sec<strong>on</strong>d-hand smoke exposure in<br />
<strong>pregnancy</strong> (96). Related <str<strong>on</strong>g>recommendati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> from this guideline include the following:<br />
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Health-<strong>care</strong> providers should routinely offer advice and psychosocial interventi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>for</strong> tobacco<br />
cessati<strong>on</strong> to all pregnant women who are either current tobacco users or recent tobacco quitters (str<strong>on</strong>g<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> moderate quality evidence).<br />
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All health-<strong>care</strong> facilities should be smoke-free to protect the health of all staff, patients and visitors,<br />
including pregnant women (str<strong>on</strong>g recommendati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> low-quality evidence).<br />
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Health-<strong>care</strong> providers should provide pregnant women, their partners and other household members<br />
with advice and in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> about the risks of sec<strong>on</strong>d-hand smoke (SHS) exposure from all <strong>for</strong>ms of<br />
smoked tobacco, as well as strategies to reduce SHS in the home (str<strong>on</strong>g recommendati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> lowquality<br />
evidence).<br />
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Health-<strong>care</strong> providers should, wherever possible, engage directly with partners and other household<br />
members to in<strong>for</strong>m them of all the risks of SHS exposure to pregnant women from all <strong>for</strong>ms of tobacco,<br />
and to promote reducti<strong>on</strong> of exposure and offer smoking cessati<strong>on</strong> support (str<strong>on</strong>g recommendati<strong>on</strong><br />
based <strong>on</strong> low-quality evidence).<br />
• Further guidance <strong>on</strong> strategies to prevent and manage tobacco use and SHS exposure can be found in the<br />
2013 <str<strong>on</strong>g>WHO</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>recommendati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> (96), available at: http://www.who.int/tobacco/publicati<strong>on</strong>s/<strong>pregnancy</strong>/<br />
guidelinestobaccosmokeexposure/en/<br />
Chapter 3. Evidence and <str<strong>on</strong>g>recommendati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> 49