On the morning new Government statistics on smoking are released for 2017/18 showing there has been little change in the number of pregnant women smoking on the previous year, the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group, has called for ‘bold’ Government action to tackle the issue.
The NHS figures reveal that just under 11 per cent of pregnant women were known to be smokers at the time of delivery in 2017/18. This is slightly up from 10.4 per cent in 2016/17.
A new report from the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge group warns that unless more is done, the Government is unlikely to meet its ambition of reducing the smoking in pregnancy rate to less than 6 per cent by 2022.
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