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Publication, Part of

Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery: England, Quarter 4, 2022-23

Official statistics

Error in Quarter 3, 2022/23 data for Sub Integrated Care Board – 00N (South Tyneside)

Sub Integrated Care Board – 00N (South Tyneside) have informed us that their data for Q3 2022/23 is erroneous. This was due to local system errors and South Tyneside have been unable to obtain the correct data.

8 July 2024 15:17 PM

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Introduction

Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious pregnancy-related health problems. These include complications during labour and an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, still birth, low birth-weight and sudden unexpected death in infancy.

Reducing smoking during pregnancy is one of the three national ambitions in the Tobacco Control Plan published in July 2017, which is “reducing smoking amongst pregnant women (measured at time of giving birth) to 6% by the end of 2022". A new Tobacco Control Plan was originally expected by the end of 2021, but has not yet been published and no publication date has been announced.

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From April 2017, the definition used in the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) to calculate the percentage of women who were known to be smokers at the time of delivery, changed to exclude women with unknown smoking status from the denominator.


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