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Background and aims
Optimising smoking cessation (SC) referral strategies within lung cancer screening (LCS) could significantly reduce lung cancer mortality. This study aimed to measure acceptance of referral to SC support by either practitioner‐referral or self‐referral among participants attending a hospital‐based lung health check appointment for LCS as part of the Lung Screen Uptake Trial.
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BackgroundWaterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) popularity is increasing world‐wide, and health effects are emerging in the light of evidence that WTS is perceived by users as less harmful than cigarette smoking. However, there remains a paucity of available evidence from which to draw firm conclusions about its public health significance.
AimsThis narrative review aims to summarize WTS literature to date...
AimsTo assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a new service using referral liaison advisers to increase the number of referrals of parents/carers at selected Children's Centres to National Health Service (NHS) Stop Smoking Services (SSS) and/or smoke‐free families schemes (SFS).
DesignThis mixed‐methods pilot study collected numerical data on indicators of smoking behaviours and carried out...
AimsSmoking is an increasing cause of health inequalities in high‐income countries. This supplement describes pilot projects set up in England to develop and test pathways to ensure that disadvantaged groups, where smoking is frequently the norm, are reached, encouraged and supported to stop their tobacco use. Target groups were: smokers attending centres set up for highly deprived parents; smokers...
AimsA network of Stop Smoking Services has been set up within the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The services deliver a combination of behavioural support and medication. It is important to establish the degree of variability in quit rates attributable to differences between individual practitioners, to gauge the scope for improvement by training and professional support. The aim of the...
Aims To assess longer‐term outcomes of a drop‐in rolling‐group model of behavioural support for smoking cessation and the factors that influence cessation outcomes.
Design Prospective observational cohort study.
Setting Fag Ends NHS Stop Smoking Service in Liverpool and Knowsley, UK.
Participants A total of 2585 clients, aged 16 or over, setting a quit date.
Measurements Routine monitoring data...
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