Clinical Guidelines
- PSANZ Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality
- Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
- Queensland Clinical Practice Guideline: Prevention of Neonatal Early Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease
- Clinical practice guideline for the management of women who report decreased fetal movements
Clinical Guidelines
Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
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Preferred citation:
Flenady V, New K, MacPhail J for the Clinical Practice Guideline Working Party
on Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy. Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health
Services, Brisbane; 2005.
Produced by:
The Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health Services, Brisbane in consultation
with the Clinical Practice Guideline Working Party on Smoking Cessation in
Pregnancy.
Supported by:
Queensland Health through a Service Agreement with Mater Health Services.
Endorsed by:
Mater Mothers’ Hospital Policy and Procedure Committee, Queensland Maternal and
Perinatal Quality Council and Women’s Hospitals Australasia
www.wcha.asn.au
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This guideline is designed to assist health care clinicians in identifying and
assisting pregnant women with smoking cessation.
The guideline is not intended to be prescriptive, and the recommendations may
not be appropriate for use in all circumstances. The guideline is designed to
provide reliable, up-to-date information enabling integration of best evidence,
clinicians’ judgement and individual choice in arriving at decisions about
smoking cessation. Clinical practice guidelines may be considered as generally
recommended practice.
The first edition of the Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking Cessation in
Pregnancy was launched in July 2004 and piloted for 12 months at the Mater
Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane.
This is the second edition of the Clinical Practice Guideline for Smoking
Cessation in Pregnancy, reviewed and updated in August 2005.
This guideline will be updated on or before August 2008.
SPECIAL THANKS
Many people provided expert advice and assistance in the development of this
guideline.
We would particularly like to acknowledge Susan Greenbank and Katherine Gillett
from the Queensland Cancer Fund for providing staff training; Kylie Strong from
Quit Victoria for advice concerning staff training; Judith Lumley for advice and
encouragement; and Katie Welsh, Anne-Maree Stout and Susan Jenkins-Manning at
the Centre for Clinical Studies for assisting with the literature search and
many aspects in producing this document.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information about the guideline, please contact:
Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health Services
Phone + 61 7 3163 1591
Fax +61 7 3163 1588