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Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Health Professionals—A guide to effective smoking cessation interventions for the health care system
  1. MARTIN RAW, PhD, Freelance Consultant; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health
  1. ANN McNEILL, PhD, Strategic Research Advisor
  1. ROBERT WEST, PhD, Professor of Psychology
  1. King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK
  2. Health Education Authority, London, UK
  3. St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.53.2008.S1

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    About these guidelines

    These guidelines have been written in parallel with guidance on the cost effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions, produced by the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York. The cost effectiveness guidance underpins these clinical guidelines and provides the economic justification for them. It is published as the second part of this Thoraxsupplement. These smoking cessation clinical guidelines are also published in a shorter version as a journal article (BMJ1999;318: in press).

    The clinical guidelines have been submitted to many professions for their official endorsement and support. This was not a passive process and their suggestions are reflected in this final version.

    The guidelines were commissioned by the Health Education Authority (HEA), which is responsible for health education in England. They are written for the English health care system but may prove relevant and adaptable to other countries and health care systems.

    Comments and questions about these guidelines can be addressed to Dr Ann McNeill at Health Education Authority, Trevelyan House, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

    Professional endorsement

    At the time of going to press the following organisations have endorsed these guidelines: Royal College of Physicians (London), Royal College of General Practitioners, British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association, British Thoracic Society, British Lung Foundation, National Asthma Campaign, National Primary Care Facilitators Programme, National Heart Forum, British Dental Association, British Dental Hygienists Association, National Pharmaceutical Association, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Action on Smoking and Health, ASH Scotland, Quit, Association for Public Health, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Research Campaign.

    Acknowledgements

    This project has depended especially on the goodwill and hard work of the peer reviewers and we would like to thank them for their contribution in reviewing the draft guidelines. We also thank Jacqueline …

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