Efficacy of a Nurse-Delivered Intervention to Prevent and Delay Postpartum Return to Smoking: The Quit for Two Trial

Conclusions:
Low-risk women fared better with a minimal intervention that focused on parenting skills and stress than when they received an intensive smoking abstinence intervention. The opposite was true for women who were at high risk of returning to smoking. Clinicians might need to tailor their approach based on whether women are at high or low risk of returning to smoking.

Implications:
Results suggest that high-risk and low-risk women might benefit from different types of smoking relapse interventions. Those who are lower risk of returning to smoking might benefit from stress reduction that is devoid of smoking content, whereas those who are higher risk might benefit from smoking relapse prevention.

Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Pollak, K. I., Fish, L. J., Lyna, P., Peterson, B. L., Myers, E. R., Gao, X., Swamy, G. K., Brown-Johnson, A., Whitecar, P., Bilheimer, A. K., Pletsch, P. K. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research