ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2014
Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy: a population-based study using primary care data.
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- Implementation strategies to increase smoking cessation treatment provision in primary care: a systematic review of observational studies.BMC primary care · 2023Pooled it
- Factors influencing the uptake and use of nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnant women who smoke: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of specialist and primary care stop smoking support on socio-economic inequalities in cessation in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and national equity initial review completed 22 January 2019; final version accepted 19 July 2019 analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Comparison of nicotine exposure during pregnancy when smoking and abstinent with nicotine replacement therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Pooled it
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- Development of "Baby, Me, & NRT": A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Early Life Exposure to Nicotine: Postnatal Metabolic, Neurobehavioral and Respiratory Outcomes and the Development of Childhood Cancers.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020Review
- Impact of population tobacco control interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: a systematic review and appraisal of future research directions.Tobacco control · 2020Review
- Interest in and Use of Smoking Cessation Support Across Pregnancy and Postpartum.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
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- Knowledge and Education as Barriers and Facilitators to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Use for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study with Health Care Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Stillbirth Among Women Prescribed Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy: Analysis of a Large UK Pregnancy Cohort.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Smoking cessation in pregnancy: An update for maternity care practitioners.Tobacco induced diseases · 2019Review
- Estimating the health-care costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary health-care data.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundLicensing arrangements for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the UK were broadened in 2005 to allow prescribing to pregnant smokers. However, estimates of NRT prescribing in pregnant females in the UK are currently lacking.
aimTo assess trends in NRT prescribing around pregnancy, and variation in prescribing by maternal characteristics. DESIGN AND
settingPopulation-based descriptive study using pregnancy data from The Health Improvement Network primary care database, 2001-2012.
methodNRT prescriptions were identified during pregnancy and in the 9 months before and after. Annual prescribing prevalence was calculated. Logistic regression was used to assess females' likelihood of receiving prescriptions by maternal characteristics.
resultsOf 388 142 pregnancies studied, NRT was prescribed in 7551 for an average duration of 2 weeks. The prescribing prevalence of NRT increased from 0.03% (0.7% in smokers) in 2001 to 2.6% (11.4% in smokers) in 2005, after which it remained stable. Prescribing prevalence of NRT before and after pregnancy was half the prevalence during pregnancy. The odds of prescribing NRT during pregnancy in smokers increased with socioeconomic deprivation (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.15 to 1.45 in the most compared with the least deprived group). Prescribing was 33% higher in pregnant smokers with asthma (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.22 to 1.45) and mental illness (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.23 to 1.44) compared with smokers without these diagnoses.
conclusionNRT prescribing is higher during pregnancy compared with before and after, and is higher in smokers from more socioeconomically deprived groups, those with asthma or those diagnosed mental illness.
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