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Best practice for smoking cessation in pregnancy
Hayden McRobbie
Abstract
Helping pregnant women who smoke to stop is both extremely important and rewarding. However success rates are often low and the evidence base for smoking cessation in this group is not as strong as for the general population of smokers. Nevertheless the Stop Smoking Services across the UK have developed some models of good practice through innovation and determination. Many of the successful services use a combination of multi-session behavioural support delivered at a convenient time and place with the additional offer of nicotine replacement therapy. This session will revisit the current evidence for smoking cessation treatments for pregnant women who smoke and discuss the successes and challenges of practitioners working within this field.
Biography
Dr Hayden McRobbie is a Research Fellow at the Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland, New Zealand where he specialises in smoking cessation research and treatment. He studied medicine at the University of Otago and after a several years in clinical medicine he moved to London to work with Professor Peter Hajek. He worked on a large number of projects and clinical trails looking at ways to help people stop smoking, as well pharmacological and behavioural methods that alleviate the symptoms of tobacco withdrawal. In New Zealand Hayden continues his research into treatment to help people stop smoking and retains close links with the UK where he is a Visiting Lecturer at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Programme Director of the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference.
Hayden McRobbie
Research Fellow
Clinical Trials Research Unit
The University of Auckland
Auckland
92019
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