eprintid: 152346
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creators_name: Stead, L
creators_name: McNeill, A
creators_name: Shahab, L
creators_name: West, R
title: Rapid review of brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D12
divisions: J96
note: © National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2006. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not-for-profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.


abstract: Foreword: 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, in particular, pregnant women and people from disadvantaged groups. It asked the Institute to look at the most effective ways that professionals, both within and outside the NHS in England, 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, these must be seen in the context of a rapidly changing environment. Publication of the tobacco white paper 'Smoking kills[1]' set out a comprehensive tobacco control policy for the UK that has seen increased spending on mass media anti-smoking campaigns, a ban on tobacco advertising and promotion, more prominent health warnings and wider access to stop smoking services and treatments. In addition, the public health white paper, 'Choosing health[2]' 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, the effectiveness of brief interventions should be revisited. In addition, it will be crucial to monitor the impact of this guidance to determine if it is likely to narrow health inequalities or, at least, 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, it will provide both practitioners and policy makers with a comprehensive evidence-based approach to delivering smoking cessation services in England.
date: 2006
publisher: NICE
official_url: http://publications.nice.org.uk/brief-interventions-and-referral-for-smoking-cessation-ph1
vfaculties: VFPHS
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
commissioning_body: NICE
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: Manually entered
elements_id: 116634
lyricists_name: Shahab, Lion
lyricists_id: LSHAH80
full_text_status: public
series: Public Health Guidance
number: PH1
place_of_pub: London
pagerange: ? - ?
pages: 40
citation:        Stead, L;  McNeill, A;  Shahab, L;  West, R;         (2006)    Rapid review of brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation.                    (Public Health Guidance  PH1 , pp. ? - ? ). NICE: London.       Green open access   
 
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