Using nicotine replacement therapy for smoking reduction in pregnancy: a qualitative study of pregnant women in the UK who smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the acceptability and perceived motivations and barriers of using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to reduce the number of daily cigarettes smoked in pregnancy, rather than for stopping completely.

Design

Telephone, semi-structured interviews, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analysed using an inductive thematic analysis.

Participants

Eighteen pregnant women in the UK, who were smoking or had recently stopped smoking, were recruited.

Results

Half of interviewees reported having used NRT to reduce smoking during their current pregnancy, and there was overwhelming support for the UK National Health Service to recognise this as a potentially useful way to use these products. The cost and stigma associated with purch

SUBMITTER: Thomson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407210 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature