Breath-test pregnant women to see if they smoke, study suggests
Pregnant women should be breath-tested during antenatal visits to check whether they are smoking, a new Irish study suggests.
Women who hide their smoking habit miss out on vital monitoring of their pregnancy and end up having more problems as a result, according to the study of women attending the Coombe hospital in Dublin.
Ciara Kelly and listeners gave their view.
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13.35 27 Feb 2019
Breath-test pregnant women to see if they smoke, study suggests
Pregnant women should be breath-tested during antenatal visits to check whether they are smoking, a new Irish study suggests.
Women who hide their smoking habit miss out on vital monitoring of their pregnancy and end up having more problems as a result, according to the study of women attending the Coombe hospital in Dublin.
