Title:
Smoking cessation. How health professionals can help. |
Published:
HPA, February, 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health, Social
Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). |
Description:
This booklet outlines
techniques for health professionals to tackle smoking in a coordinated
way to ensure a steady decline in the prevalence of smoking
and smoking-related morbidity and mortality rates in Northern
Ireland. |
Format:
A5, 18 pages, booklet. |
Other
formats:
None. |
Target
group:
Health professionals. |
Available
from:
This resource is no longer in print. |
Additional
information:
This text is adapted
from the leaflet Helping Smokers Stop: A New Approach for
Health Professionals published by the Health Education Authority.
The guidelines and evidence base referred to in this booklet
are contained in Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Health
Professionals and Guidance for Commissioners on the Cost
Effectiveness of Smoking Interventions. These were published
together as a supplement to the December 1998 issue of Thorax
(Vol. 53. Supplement 5 Part 1), and in summary form in the BMJ
on 16 January 1999.
This booklet
was distributed with a supplementary booklet:
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can
be a lifesaver.
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