December 16, 2010
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This program was a multifaceted effort to reduce smoking among pregnant women and to help them remain tobacco free.
July 31, 2009
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In 2003, a team from UCLA School of Nursing launched Tobacco-Free Nurses, the first national effort created to help nurses quit smoking, provide resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and promote tobacco control on the agenda of nursing organizations.
May 8, 2008
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The Dartmouth Medical School created, assessed and distributed Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond, a multimedia educational tool to help health care practitioners treat tobacco dependence in pregnant women.
April 1, 2007
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
November 12, 2004
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The Delaware-Raritan Girl Scout Council in East Brunswick, N.J., worked to educate Girl Scouts in Central New Jersey about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke through award programs, anti-smoking rallies, health fairs and summer camp programs.
April 1, 2004
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From 2002 to 2003, the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation expanded its First Breath smoking cessation program for low-income pregnant women to become statewide and available to all pregnant women.
November 1, 2001
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health convened a blue ribbon panel to develop a strategic plan to encourage women of childbearing age to increase their intake of folate and folic acid.
June 1, 2001
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The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine prepared a background paper on the risks and benefits of using nicotine replacement therapies and other smoking-cessation aids approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat pregnant smokers.
June 1, 2001
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Investigators at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, developed a smoking-cessation program for ethnically diverse, low-income women who are pregnant.
May 1, 2001
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Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.
