Intensive NHS smoking cessation treatments are effective in helping smokers to quit, new research shows. Group treatment may be more effective than one to one therapy; and buddy support interventions, where smokers pair up to support each other, can more than double the quit rate in some types...
Investigators at the University of East Anglia compared various efficacy measures between the app, called Quit Sense, and the online support offered by the National Health Service (NHS). All participants received NHS online smoking support, and 50% could also access the Quit Sense intervention. At...
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...
Three drugs are licensed in the UK for the support of smoking cessation and have proven efficacy.24 Electronic cigarettes There has been an increase in recent years in the popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or ‘vaping’. They are currently used by 2.3 million adults in the ...
REVIEW Cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation and the implications for COPD Michele A Faulkner Tom L Lenz Julie A Stading Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Omaha, NE, USA Abstract: The cost burden of COPD is substantial for patients and families, payers, and society...
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Evidence summary: is smoking cessation an effective and cost-effective service to be introduced in NHS dentistry? British Dental Journal, 2010(4): 169-177.Nasser M. Evidence summary: is smoking cessation an effective and cost-effective service to be introduced in NHS dentistry? Br Dent J 2011...
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Only four participants sought medical help for cessation and all of them used Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) along with either tele-support, counselling, pharmacological methods, or traditional medicine. 3.5.4. Motivators and Other Factors in Successful Smoking Cessation: Past Smokers The factors...