Smoking cessation guidelines published in the UKdoi:10.1007/BF03274781SpringerPharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News Weekly
views on recently published national smoking cessation guidelines that form the foundation of the government?s smoking cessation strategy.Design: Postal survey of a random sample of GPs. GPs were asked to judge the appropriateness, effectiveness and practicability of key recommendations for primary care...
Smoking in pregnancy remains an important and costly public health concern with policy makers worldwide researching methods to aid cessation. UK government guidelines recommend implementation of an "opt-out" (ie, whether requested or not) referral pathway for pregnant smokers to specialist smoking cessa...
The systematic review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019137358) in April 2020 where further details may be found [18]. The review is reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines [19,20] and the eMERGe meta-ethn...
In 1998, the British Government White Paper ‘Smoking Kills’ set national targets for smoking cessation amongst pregnant smokers to reduce the numbers of women who smoke from 23% in 1995 to 15% by 2010 (Department of Health, 1998). At present, there are over 120,000 deaths per annum attr...
Data for this analysis were obtained from a prospective birth cohort study conducted at all 47 Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHCs) of the Hong Kong government's Department of Health in 1997. Most infants in Hong Kong, regardless of the family's ability to pay, visit the MCHCs for ...
The Government's vision to 'make every contact count' emphasises community nurses' responsibility and key potential to promote healthier living and behaviour. This article reviews the latest evidence on supporting smokers in practice and argues that nurses working in the community are ideally placed ...
While Italy has implemented some tobacco control policies over the last few decades, which resulted in a decreased smoking prevalence, there is still considerable scope to strengthen tobacco control policies consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) policy guidelines. The present study aims to...
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
Factors that influence smokers' and ex-smokers' use of IQOS: a qualitative study of IQOS users and ex-users in the UK Tobac. Control, 30 (2021), pp. 16-23 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Violi et al., 2017 F. Violi, R. Carnevale, L. Loffredo, P. Pignatelli, J.I. Gallin...