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Aim: Health Belief Model (HBM) is quite effective in terms of explaining the attitudes that preserve and develop health in addition to what motivates or prevents patients' compliance to treatment in many health issues. If we can identify the beliefs and attitudes that are seen as problems based on the model, it should enable us to provide health education or treatment methods which suit that individual. This study is conducted with the aim of guiding a tobacco addict pregnant woman’s education about this subject and facilitation of generalizing the usage of the model in nursing care applications. Method: In this study, a pregnant woman who is smoking during her pregnancy period is assessed in accordance to HBM. Results:Our patient, a thirty-two years old, primary school graduate housewife stated that she is living in the city center with her husband and children. She stated that this is her fifth pregnancy and added that she had four vaginal deliveries and four living children (G:4, P:4, Y:4). Our patient, who was 38 weeks pregnant, said that she became pregnant when she was taking the oral contraceptive pill, but wanted to have her baby. Our patient was admitted to the emergency department of the hospital at 21.30 because she did not feel the movements of the baby and she was examined here. Ultrasonography, Nonstress Test (NST) and vaginal examination diagnosed the situation as decreased fetal movement and she was hospitalized in the birth service at 22.10. However, in her NST results, it is seen that fetal heart rate is in normal intervals and no contractions are observed. In her medical history, she stated that she smoked 4-5 cigarettes per day on average and the diagnosis of our patient was changed to Tobacco Dependent Pregnancy. Conclusions: HBM is one of the most common models used as a guide in changing and maintaining health-related behaviors. For preventing and changing the health-related negative behaviors such as smoking, its utilization carries importance

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