Decision details

Purpose of Report: To present two options to providing free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) . Option one is to provide this to pregnant women for a total of 12 weeks. Option two is to provide free NRT to pregnant women for 12 weeks (as option one) and to provide free NRT to those individuals who are seriously financially disadvantaged for the first 2 weeks of their supported quit attempt.

The Executive Member is asked to support and agree to option two detailed in the attached paper.

All people receiving free NRT will be supported in their attempt to stop smoking by the Smoking Advisers employed by City of York Council

Resolved: That Option 2 be supported and agreed as detailed below:

The provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) free of charge for 12 weeks to pregnant women receiving stop smoking support services and for 2 weeks to those in receipt of stop smoking services who meet the criteria.

Reason: This will help to protect the unborn child from the effects of passive smoking by providing free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to pregnant women for 12 weeks thus increasing their chances of successfully quitting smoking for the duration of their pregnancy. NRT will also be made available free of charge for 2 weeks for those residents accessing the Council’s stop smoking service who are financially disadvantaged. This is to provide interim support with the expectation that they then fund NRT themselves after this period.