Pregnancy: Smoking
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for NHS smoking cessation programmes for pregnant women.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including launching the National Smoke-free Pregnancy Incentives Scheme. The scheme can recruit pregnant smokers until 31 March 2025, who will be eligible to receive incentives until three months post-partum for becoming and remaining smoke-free, subject to confirmation via a carbon monoxide breath test. All decisions on funding beyond March 2025 remain subject to the Spending Review process.
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