Tina: The challenge of breaking smoking habits, particularly when you have more time.

Tina – 28 weeks pregnant on:
The challenge of breaking smoking habits, particularly when you have more time.

Tina said: “I have tried stopping again once yeah. I did cut down, but then it’s just hard with the habits.
Like I’ve been smoking for so many years, it’ll just be not even realising I’m doing it and I’m just like oh I’ve got a cig in my hand do you know what I mean?
Now I’m not at work I seem to like be smoking maybe a little bit more.”


Midwife Hull said: "Having more time on your hands can lead to sometimes smoking more.
Trying to avoid situations where you usually have a cigarette can help, maybe swapping that cuppa in a morning when you usually have a cigarette. Try a glass of juice and a breath of fresh air, try texting when you feel the need."

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Tracey: On the challenges of having other smokers around you.

Tracey – 36 weeks pregnant on:
On the challenges of having other smokers around you.

Tracey said: “I don’t think it make any difference to me if my bloke stopped smoking. Every time I go to my mam and dads, my dad smokes, my brother smokes and they all sit in one room. So it’s hard to get away from it then.
My sister’s doesn’t, but her bloke does so when you go round there he smokes as well.”


Midwife Hull said: "It can be difficult to stop when all around you others are smoking but even passive smoking can affect your unborn baby. Be really strong and suggest you have a smoke free house, could you try now before you have your baby?"

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