ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE The description and evaluation of a longitudinal pilot study of a smoking relapse/reduction intervention for perinatal women Karen Chalmers PhD RN Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Annette Gupton PhD RN Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Alan Katz MB ChB MSc CCFP Family Physician, Department of Family Medicine, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Tom Hack PhD CPsych Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Elske Hildes-Ripstein MD FRCPC Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital Ambulatory Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Judy Brown RN MN Project Coordinator, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Diana McMillan PhD RN Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Diane Labossiere RN MN Community Health Nurse, Youville CNRC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Maria Mackay RN BN IBCLC Public Health Nurse, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Cathie Pickerl RN BN Public Health Nurse, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Yvette Savard-Preston RN BN Community Health Nurse, Youville Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Jo-Anne St Vincent RN BN Community Health Nurse, Youville CNRC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Heather M. Morris RN BN Research Nurse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Beverley Cann RN MN Research Nurse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Received for publication 12 June 2002 Accepted for publication 12 July 2003 Correspondence: Karen Chalmers, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2. E-mail: karen_chalmers@umanitoba.ca CHALMERS K., GUPTON A., KATZ A., HACK T., HILDES-RIPSTEIN E., BROWN CHALMERS K., GUPTON A., KATZ A., HACK T., HILDES-RIPSTEIN E., BROWN J., M J., McMILLAN D., LABOSSIERE D., MACKAY M., PICKERL C., SAVARD- MILLAN D., LABOSSIERE D., MACKAY M., PICKERL C., SAVARD- PRESTON Y., ST VINCENT J.-A., PRESTON Y., ST VINCENT J.-A., MORRIS H.M. & CANN B. (2004) MORRIS H.M. & CANN B. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 45(2), 162–171 The description and evaluation of a longitudinal pilot study of a smoking relapse/ reduction intervention for perinatal women Background. Up to 70% of women who quit smoking while pregnant will relapse during the first postnatal year. In this study, a community-based, ecological approach 162 Ó 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd