Smoking Satire

Chelsea, I enjoyed reading your discussion board with the SMART acronym, it was very detailed and informative. Your MAP-IT project hits home to me, I am embarrassed to say that I was a pregnant smoker with my first child. Had the doctor or nurse sat down with me and explained the risks involved, I would have never continued to smoke during that pregnancy. I truly didn’t know any better and when I asked the doctor if my smoking would affect my child, he told me trying to quit smoking could cause more stress on the baby than actually smoking. That was the education I received as a pregnant woman in the early nineties with my first child. I hope over the years this education has expanded within physician offices. Smoking is an addiction that is