Reports on the findings of a study on the effectiveness of National Health Service smoking cessation services in Great Britain. Insufficiency of the services for the poorest communities; Reduction in smoking rates in...
TheNHS(National Health Service) in England and theCDC(Centre for Disease Control) in America offer various resources for those looking to quit smoking and additional information as well as thestop smoking resources at Allen Carr’s Easyway. ...
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 use Stop Smoking Services for Pregnant women...
According to the World Health Organization, smoking causes around 13,000 deaths in a day. Further, tobacco use has been increasing and is on the global epidemic due to its sophisticated marketing. Hence, the National Health Service (NHS) Smoking services in Great Britain were set up in such ...
Explaining the social gradient in smoking cessation: it's not in the trying, but in the succeeding (46.7% of those making quit attempts in AB to 50.9% in E) or use of NHS Stop Smoking Services (7.0% of those making quit attempts in AB to 4.8......
As a result of smokers moving to less effective smoking cessation aids or not using any medication or nicotine replacement at all to help them quit, an estimated 4,200 fewer would have stopped smoking for good in a year, the researchers found. They estimated this would lead to 1,890 more...
Professor Robert West from University College London, who led the team of researchers, said: 'When you think that stopping smoking saves 6 hours of life for every day of smoking avoided, investing an hour or two over a 6 week period to see an NHSstop smokingadvisor seems like a good inve...
AimsA network of Stop Smoking Services has been set up within the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The services deliver a combination of behaviour... LS Brose,A Mcewen,R West - 《Addiction》 被引量: 70发表: 2012年 Smoking cessation activities by GP and practice nurses To assess ...
quit4u: the effectiveness of combining behavioural support, pharmacotherapy and financial incentives to support smoking cessation The 'quit4u' stop smoking service (SSS) was developed by National Health Service (NHS) Tayside for smokers in deprived areas of Dundee (UK). quit4u combine......
Smoking cessation has been shown to improve general, mental, and physical health [6,7,8,9]. A Canadian study found that men who had quit for 20 years had the same quality of life as those who had never smoked; this observation was even more beneficial for females, who only had to qui...