Health officials will today unveil a television advert designed to help pregnant women give up smoking.
The campaign was developed after shocking statistics showed that one in five mothers-to-be in Scotland are ignoring warnings and continuing to light up.
The Scottish Executive has pledged to reduce the number of women smoking in pregnancy from 29% in 1995 to 20% in 2010. Figures for 2005 show that 22.7% of women were still smoking when they were three months pregnant.
Now NHS Health Scotland has produced the TV advert along with a DVD to raise awareness of the ... |
