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For me, I am a very visual learner so if something is presented to me in a video, picture, or something hands on then I will learn better and probably for other women too. It's hard to look at it from the perspective of the pregnant women who are smokers, but by giving them a picture or video it would give them a mental picture in their head that might encourage them to not smoke while they are pregnant. When a woman finds out that she is pregnant I think the heath-care providers should require them to watch a certain video showing the effects of smoking and drinking while pregnant. I also feel like the insurance companies should not provide coverage if the mother chooses to drink and it causes her baby to have FAS and inform her of that once she has found out she is pregnant, so she knows of the consequences. Programs that encourage women to stop smoking or drinking should be created so that there are opportunities for them, because most people won't make a change on their own but need some extra help.