?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Rapid+review+of+brief+interventions+and+referral+for+smoking+cessation&rft.creator=Stead%2C+L&rft.creator=McNeill%2C+A&rft.creator=Shahab%2C+L&rft.creator=West%2C+R&rft.description=Foreword%3A+The+Department+of+Health+(DH)+asked+the+National+Institute+for+Health+and+Clinical+Excellence+(NICE+or+the+Institute)+to+produce+guidance+on+brief+interventions+and+referrals+to+specialist+services+to+help+people+who+smoke+to+stop%2C+in+particular%2C+pregnant+women+and+people+from+disadvantaged+groups.+It+asked+the+Institute+to+look+at+the+most+effective+ways+that+professionals%2C+both+within+and+outside+the+NHS+in+England%2C+can+achieve+this.+The+Public+Health+Interventions+Advisory+Committee+(PHIAC)+considered+both+a+review+of+the+evidence+and+an+economic+appraisal+before+developing+these+recommendations.+This+guidance+only+examines+brief+smoking+cessation+interventions.+Although+important%2C+these+must+be+seen+in+the+context+of+a+rapidly+changing+environment.+Publication+of+the+tobacco+white+paper+'Smoking+kills%5B1%5D'+set+out+a+comprehensive+tobacco+control+policy+for+the+UK+that+has+seen+increased+spending+on+mass+media+anti-smoking+campaigns%2C+a+ban+on+tobacco+advertising+and+promotion%2C+more+prominent+health+warnings+and+wider+access+to+stop+smoking+services+and+treatments.+In+addition%2C+the+public+health+white+paper%2C+'Choosing+health%5B2%5D'+confirmed+that+all+NHS+premises+and+government+departments+would+be+smoke-free+from+the+end+of+2006.+It+also+paved+the+way+for+legislation+for+a+ban+on+smoking+in+enclosed+public+spaces+in+England+by+summer+2007.+In+light+of+these+changes%2C+the+effectiveness+of+brief+interventions+should+be+revisited.+In+addition%2C+it+will+be+crucial+to+monitor+the+impact+of+this+guidance+to+determine+if+it+is+likely+to+narrow+health+inequalities+or%2C+at+least%2C+to+ensure+that+it+does+not+widen+them.+The+impact+of+wider+policy+and+practice+on+smoking+cessation+is+already+being+examined+by+the+Smoking+Cessation+Programme+Development+Group+at+NICE.+Coupled+with+this+guidance+on+brief+interventions%2C+it+will+provide+both+practitioners+and+policy+makers+with+a+comprehensive+evidence-based+approach+to+delivering+smoking+cessation+services+in+England.&rft.publisher=NICE&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Public+Health+Guidance++PH1+%2C+pp.+%3F+-+%3F+).+NICE%3A+London.+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F152346%2F1%2F152346a.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F152346%2F&rft.rights=open