Pregnant women in East Lancashire are to be offered advice on quitting smoking in an NHS drive to prevent stillbirths.

Clea Harmer, chief executive of Sands, said: “It’s good to see that the NHS are offering specialist stop smoking help in the Care Bundle, as we know pregnant smokers and their partners need more help to quit.

"More than one in ten women in England are still smoking when their child is born with a real cost in babies’ lives." Continue reading