Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Why Swap?
Swaptember is a Humber and North Yorkshire region-wide campaign to raise awareness of the alternative forms of nicotine you can use in place of harmful tobacco.
Swapping cigarettes to less harmful forms of nicotine is a way of avoiding the harmful effects of tobacco, without the uncomfortable effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Please visit www.swaptember.co.uk for more details and to find your local service provider.
SWAP & STOP
There are now NHS Maternity Tobacco Dependence Teams based within the hospitals within the Humber and North Yorkshire region and details can be found at www.swapandstop.co.uk
They can offer NRT treatment e-cigarettes and behavioral therapy during and after your pregnancy for both you and your family, to help keep homes smoke free.
Vaping
Research has found that vapes are one of the most effective methods of helping people stop smoking and are at least as effective as using 2 NRT products as described below. allowing the user to reduce the amount of nicotine until no longer dependent.
As with other approaches, they’re most effective if used with support from your local stop smoking service.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
NRT is a medicine that provides you with nicotine, without the tar, carbon monoxide and other poisonous chemicals present in tobacco smoke. It can help reduce unpleasant withdrawal effects, such as bad moods and cravings, which may occur when you stop smoking.
NRT is most effective in helping you swap or stop when combined with behavioural support from an expert stop smoking advisor, which addresses your habits around smoking.
