Now pregnant with her second child, Ashleigh said she had stopped smoking about eight weeks into the pregnancy and had used the vouchers to buy baby clothes.
“As soon as I found out I was pregnant this time, I was immediately put in contact with the stop smoking midwives because I knew that I didn’t want to smoke during this pregnancy.
“I felt supported but not pressurised or judged.”
The 29-year-old said although she had moved on to vapes, she was hoping to stop those too.
“I’m almost 20 weeks pregnant now so I’m hoping in the next 10 weeks I’m going to be able to become completely nicotine free.”
Mum-to-be Natalie Simpson, who also started smoking at 14, said she had managed to switch to vapes eight weeks into her pregnancy after being surprised by her high carbon monoxide reading.
The 42-year-old said: “I did stop smoking for two years a while ago but then started back up again after going through a stressful time.
She added: “When they explained my score I thought wow, that’s quite high.
“It was a shock and I decided then I wanted to stop.”