Table 3 Attitudes and perceived barriers and enablers for quitting, by self-reported assessment of tobacco status

Attitudes to advising pregnant women to quit smoking

   It is one of the main things that can be done to help women have healthy babies

   Giving advice about smoking to these women is not worth it given the small level of success

   My health service has a responsibility to encourage pregnant women to quit

   I'd like to give anti-smoking advice but I don't have the skills

   The harms of smoking in pregnancy are minor compared with other risks women face

   I don't want to push women away from antenatal care by telling them to quit smoking

   It's an individual choice. It's not up to me to tell a woman to quit smoking

   Our Aboriginal community sees helping pregnant women quit smoking as a high priority

   Helping women quit smoking makes me feel proud of my role

Perceived barriers and motivators to smoking cessation

   Pregnancy is a time when most women are more motivated to quit than usual

   It's harder to quit during pregnancy than other times

   There is no point in stopping smoking late in pregnancy

   Women will try to quit for their children even if they won't try for themselves

   Women who smoke cannabis find it harder to quit tobacco

   Women smoke to bury their pain

   Women smoke to suppress their emotions

   Most women who quit in pregnancy, start again when the baby is born