comprehensive approach to help people quit smoking. Another really important thing is that success rates continued beyond when the incentives had ended,” Notley said.
Among mothers-to-be, women in the rewards groups were more likely to quit smoking than those in the control groups — “both at the end of the pregnancy and after the birth of the baby, suggesting incentives may be a useful part of a comprehensive approach to helping pregnant women quit smoking,” Notley said.
Giving up smoking is one of the best things an expectant mother can do to boost the odds of having a healthy pregnancy, and it also provides benefits after the baby is born by preventing the child’s exposure to secondhand smoke, she added.
The study was published July 17 in the Cochrane Library.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a guide to quitting smoking.
