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If you're pregnant or planning a baby, you probably know smoking threatens your health and your baby's, and many women set out to quit at this time. In 2021, 4.6% of mothers smoked cigarettes at some point during pregnancy.
When to quit
- Before pregnancy is best for you and your baby.
- During pregnancy, quitting still helps protect you both.
- A healthy pregnancy while smoking in the past doesn't mean it's safe to smoke in the next one.
Smoking can cause serious problems: your baby may be born too early or with a birth defect.
After the birth
Some women think it's safe to start again once the baby is born. It isn't — your baby is still at risk:
- babies who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS);
- babies around cigarette smoke have weaker lungs;
- they are more likely to get ear infections and breathing problems.
Quitting is hard, but worth it: you'll improve your chances of a healthy baby, breathe better, and find it much easier to be active.
Amanda's story
Amanda B., 30, from Wisconsin, began smoking in fifth grade and smoked while she was pregnant. Her daughter was born 2 months early and spent weeks in an incubator. Amanda remembers her baby's cry most of all — not the loud wail of a typical newborn, but a soft, tiny one. Her story is one of CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign's Real Stories; read Amanda's.
Free help to quit
| How | Where |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) · 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569), Spanish · 1-800-838-8917, Chinese · 1-800-556-5564, Korean · 1-800-778-8440, Vietnamese |
| Text and app | text QUITNOW to 333888 (message and data rates may apply) · the quitSTART app |
| Web | CDC: Quit Smoking (en español) · Smokefree.gov (en español) · Asian Smokers' Quitline |
For pregnancy in particular, the right support helps with the particular challenges of quitting at this stage:
- Smokefree Women — quitting, mood, stress, weight and more, for women at every stage of life, including pregnancy and motherhood;
- free or low-cost quit counseling for pregnant women through Medicaid;
- quit treatments such as counseling and medication may be free or cheaper through insurance (Medicaid included), health plans or clinics.
See also how many people currently smoke cigarettes, in the United States overall and in particular groups.
Sources
Based on "Pregnant or Planning to Have a Baby," Tips From Former Smokers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a work of the United States government in the public domain. Amanda B.'s words are rewritten in hubnx's own words.
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