Trumbull County Health District program helps pregnant women quit smoking while earning free diapers

Trumbull County Combined Health District is participating in a program to help pregnant women quit smoking. 

The Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program helps pregnant women quit smoking while earning free diapers. The program was recently designated a "Best
Practice" by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 

The program helps women and a support partner quit smoking while pregnant and then remain quit after the baby was born. 

Through a series of face to face counseling sessions, women and their families are given the tools and support needed to make a successful quit attempt and are rewarded with free diapers in a form of a voucher. 

According to the Trumbull County Combined Health District, research has shown that incentives are a unique and positive motivator to aid in ensuring the best birth outcomes. 

Smoking during pregnancy can lead to low birthweight in infants and premature birth. In the long term, maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with a range of poor outcomes in children including ADHD, and cognitive dysfunction. 

According to TCCHD, over 18,000 women and their families across the United States have benefited from the Baby and Me Tobacco Free Program. 

The program is not income based, anyone is encouraged to enroll. Women interested in the program can learn where to go locally to enroll on the Trumbull County Combined Health District's website.