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The phrase is most often used to describe the cessation of an addiction. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stop" and "cold." I tried quitting smoking for several years, using nicotine patches, gums, and even hypnotherapy. Eventually, I just had to stop cold turkey and rely on my...
An important element of the strategy is developing more effective and comprehensive smoking cessation services within the NHS. Challenging national targets have been set which will require coordinated action by health professionals, particularly those working in primary care settings. Several studies have ...
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Newer graduates were more likely to routinely record their patients' smoking status (P = 0.02), and to think that doctors' advice (P = 0.001) and nicotine replacement therapy (P < 0.001) were effective in promoting smoking cessation. Dentists in mainly private practices were more active than ...
Of these, 271, 169, and 524 Pakistani and Bangladeshi men in the intervention, control, and external control areas tried to stop with the support of the NHS cessation services in the year prior to the intervention (November 2006 to October 2007). The rates of service use were 63/1000 ...
Main outcome measures included the proportion of smokers wishing to quit and quitting in the last year; reported advice to quit from family and friends and health professionals; and awareness and use of NHS smoking-cessation services. Over half of smokers aged 25–44 years, about one-third of...
Maternity staff were providing smoking cessation advice to fewer than four women per week and most of them did not set quit dates with their patients (Condliffe et al., 2005). This suggests that there is a professional divide between what should happen ‘in principle’ and what is happening ...
Smoking during pregnancy is a major public health concern and an NHS priority. In 2010, 26% of UK women smoked immediately before or during their pregnancy and 12% smoked continuously. Smoking cessation support is provided through free at the point of us