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Encouraging smokers to stop: what you can do

Contents:How to use this guide
Flow chart
Why your role is so important
What you can do: a step-by-step guide
Medications
Smoking cessation services and further help
The health risks
References
Why it is worth stopping

References

(1) West R‚ McNeill A‚ Raw M (2004). Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Scotland: 2004 Update . Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland and ASH Scotland. www.healthscotland.com/tobacco

(2) Raw M‚ McNeill A‚ Watt J (2001). The Case for Commissioning Smoking Cessation Services . London: WHO Europe Partnership Project & SmokeFree London. www.ash.org.uk/html/cessation/servicescase.pdf

(3) Health Technology Board for Scotland (2002). Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and Bupropion (Zyban ® ) to Help Quit Smoking: Understanding HTBS Advice . Glasgow: HTBS. http://docs.scottishmedicines.org/docs/pdf/HTBS%20ADVICESMOKING%20A5.pdf

(4) National Institute for Clinical Excellence (2002). Technology Appraisal Guidance No. 39. Guidance on the Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and Bupropion for Smoking Cessation . London: NICE. www.nice.org.uk/pdf/NiceNRT39GUIDANCE.pdf

(5) Doll R‚ Peto R‚ Boreham J‚ Sutherland I (2004). Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years’ observations on male British doctors. BMJ ; 328:1519-28.

(6) Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group (2000). Nicotine Addiction in Britain . London: Royal College of Physicians. www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/index.htm

(7) West R (2002). Smoking cessation and pregnancy . Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review ; 13:181-194.

(8) Pechacek TF‚ Babb S (2004). How acute and reversible are the cardiovascular risks of second-hand smoke? BMJ ; 328:980-983.

(9) Raw M (1994). Why It Is Worth Stopping . London: Health Education Authority.

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