Pregnant And Parenting Young Mother's Smoking Study
Local Supports and Services to Help you Quit Smoking
Halton Stop Smoking Clinic
- Contact Halton Region Health Department at: 905-825-6000 ext. 7887
- Toll free: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866)
- E-mail: healthdept@halton.ca
Hamilton Quit Smoking Clinic
- Offers free, confidential and non judgmental service
-Appointments are 30 minutes in length with a nurse who works with you to help you achieve your goal to reduce or quit smoking
- Counselling includes assessment, lifestyle change counseling, withdrawal management, and referrals
- Priority is given to pregnant women & young families
- For more information or to book an appointment call 905-540-5566.
Hoping to Reduce or Quit Smoking?
STOP on the Road Workshops
- Community presentations and no-cost nicotine replacement therapy offered in partnership with Centre for Addictions and Mental Health Frequent workshops on quitting smoking are running in Hamilton
- Please call 905-540-5566 ext 1 to register for one near you.
Hamilton Public Health Services Tobacco Hotline
- Access smoking prevention resources, and access smoking cessation self-help materials and community programs
- Call 905-540-5566; Website: www.hamilton.ca/tobacco
For a full printable list of services, see link below:
Smokers Helpline
- Phone number: 1-877-513-5333; website: www.smokershelpline.ca
- Call to speak with a quit coach if you are: thinking about quitting, ready to quit, actively quitting, need help staying smoke-free, not ready to quit or want to help someone else quit
Prenatal Smoking Cessation Intervention Program (PSCIP)
- Website: http://www.hamilton.ca/tobacco
- This program motivates women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have a child up to one year of age and their family members to quit smoking
- A Registered Nurse trained in smoking cessation provides counselling to individuals who smoke, provides no-cost nicotine replacement therapy, grocery cards as incentives, and bus tickets.
The MotHERS Program Smoking Information
- Website: http://www.themothersprogram.ca/during-pregnancy/whats-safe-whats-not/smoking
- The MotHERS Program website provides information on the risks of smoking during pregnancy. As well, it provides links to provincial and national programs for smoking cessation.
MotherRisk
- Website: MotherRisk.org
- This program and website, run through Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, is an excellent resource for information on what is safe when you are pregnant and breastfeeding.
- 1-877-439-2744 Motherisk Helpline
Becoming Smoke-Free Booklet
- Can be downloaded from the Best Start website: http://hamiltonbeststart.ca/becoming-smoke-free/
- This booklet will explain what smoking and second-hand smoke does to you, your baby, and your health. It also gives you information on quitting smoking and some resources you will need to help you along the way
Pregnets
- Website: http://www.pregnets.org/mothers/duringpregnancy.aspx
- The mission of the network for the Prevention of Gestational and Neonatal Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (PREGNETS) is to improve the health of moms and their babies by offering information, resources and support to pregnant and postpartum women and their health care providers
Canadian Cancer Society
- Has free to download booklets for smokers who want to quit and those who do not want to quit
- Download at: http://www.cancer.ca/en/support-and-services/resources/publications/?region=on#ixzz3Q3VXAP9U
Health Canada Quit Smoking Supports
- Website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/quit-cesser/index-eng.php
- Guides to becoming a non-smoker
- Break it Off (breakitoff.ca) offers counseling and support online, over the telephone or in-person; you can call a Quit Coach at 1-866-366-3667 or download the App
- On-The-Road to Becoming a Non-Smoker Program offers a self-help guide for adults and young adults
