A 38-year-old woman who is 10 weeks pregnant attends for her booking appointment. She is a smoker of 10 cigarettes per day. What is the most appropria...

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A 38-year-old woman who is 10 weeks pregnant attends for her booking appointment. She is a smoker of 10 cigarettes per day. What is the most appropriate advice regarding smoking cessation during pregnancy according to NICE PH26?

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Advise immediate cessation and offer referral to specialist NHS Stop Smoking Services for behavioural support and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

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Advise to cut down as much as possible

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Advise switching to e-cigarettes as a safer alternative

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Prescribe varenicline

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Prescribe bupropion

mrcgp akt MCQ (SBA): Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy

A 38-year-old woman who is 10 weeks pregnant attends for her booking appointment. She is a smoker of 10 cigarettes per day. What is the most appropriate advice regarding smoking cessation during pregnancy according to NICE PH26?