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Smoking Cessation Resource Centre

Smoking Cessation Resource Centre				Helping smokers quit Staff working in primary care need to be advising all smokers to quit and offering structured support or referring them to the NHS Stop Smoking Services. A combination of advice, motivational support and appropriate treatment is effective in helping people quit. Brief advice helps to reduce patients' smoking and NICE guidance was issued on this topic to help professionals support patients. There is no quick fix to ending addiction to nicotine and many smokers, particularly those from socially deprived areas, relapse several times before they finally succeed. Related conditions Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a devastating condition for many individuals in the UK and represents a major burden to our healthcare economy. The treatment of COPD begins with prevention and, primarily, this involves stopping the population from smoking tobacco. Patients with early disease may go unrecognised or have their symptoms mistaken for asthma, so it is important for nurses working in primary care to consider the diagnosis in smokers and arrange appropriate assessment and treatment promptly. Useful links ASH NHS Choices SmokeFree campaign No Smoking Day Cancer Research UK Healthcare professionals Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Smoking Cessation NICE guidance: Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation Communicate with patients QUIT NHS Scotland SmokeLine Stop Smoking Wales Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland: Space to Breathe Sign up to receive the very latest on smoking cessation Name: Email address:
The Nursing in Practice Smoking Cessation Resource Centre aims to provide you with the latest developments in smoking cessation to aid with better communication with patients, supporting them to reduce smoking, and raising awareness of related conditions and the benefits of giving up. Every year, around 114,000 smokers in the UK die from smoking-related causes. There are about 9.4m adults who smoke in Great Britain; this is around a sixth of the total UK population. Smoking-related illnesses are on the increase and have become a significant drain on NHS resources, with community and primary care professionals dedicating more of their time to managing and treating conditions caused by smoking.
Latest smoking cessation news Plain Tobacco Packaging Consultation Announced By Andrew Lansley Monday 16 April 2012 Government launches UK-wide consultation on whether tobacco should be sold in standardised, or plain packaging. Consultation on tobacco plain packaging launched Monday 16 April 2012 The government has launched a UK-wide consultation on introducing plain packaging for tobacco products to encourage more people to kick the habit Northern women 'more likely' to smoke while giving birth Thursday 16 February 2012 Pregnant women in the North-East are three times more likely to be smokers at the time of giving birth than women in London, according to official NHS data Nicotine patches help improve memory Tuesday 10 January 2012 Nicotine patches can improve cognitive performance in elderly people with early memory problems, a study claims		Latest smoking cessation clinical articles Help your patients make the best decision of their lives: quit smoking Tuesday 29 March 2011 We all know someone who smokes; in fact, one in five of the British population is still smoking. Every day you see patients who come in for advice or treatment and often their illness is related to smoking. So, what can you do about it? COPD: a continuing health burden Thursday 3 December 2009 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a devastating condition for many individuals in the UK and represents a major burden to our healthcare economy. This article provides an overview of COPD, focusing on diagnosis and assessing patients and the most effective treatment options The latest evidence for practice Friday 18 September 2009 The Nursing in Practice smoking cessation survey Wednesday 18 March 2009 The Department of Health recognises that primary and community healthcare professionals are in a key position to help patients stop smoking. The latest NiP survey aimed to find out the resources you have access to and how confident you are about giving smoking cessation advice to your patients
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A new National Strategy for COPD Thursday 1 April 2010 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) places a huge burden on the NHS, with increasing numbers of people in the UK suffering from the condition. As a result, the Department of Health will be publishing a National Strategy for COPD in 2010 with the aim of improving diagnosis, management and treatment