The "Help Your Patient Stop" initiative. Evaluation of smoking prevalence and dissemination of WHO/UICC guidelines in UK general practice. by Fowler, G, Mant, D, Fuller, A, Jones, L

“…The World Health Organisation and the International Agency against Cancer in 1988 published joint guidelines on smoking cessation for primary health care teams. A booklet entitled Help Your Patient Stop was produced in the United Kingdom as a model for the international dissemination of these guidelines. …”

Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology: Competence Assessments by Anastasi, Natasha Angela

“…The model did however show that proportion of time spent delivering smoking cessation support significantly influenced quit rate. …”
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Relationship of cardiometabolic parameters in non-smokers, current smokers, and quitters in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kar, D, Gillies, C, Zaccardi, F, Webb, D, Seidu, S, Tesfaye, S, Davies, M, Khunti, K

“…In addition to other concomitant vascular perturbations, it also seems to influence the cardiometabolic parameters, which may partly explain the accelerated rate of vascular complications in smokers with diabetes. While smoking cessation is advocated as a universal component of the management of diabetes, there is some anecdotal evidence that HbA1c could increase following smoking cessation. …”

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Management of chronic disease by Russell, R, Norcliffe, J, Bafadhel, M

“…Cigarette smoking is the major cause of the disease and smoking cessation is the most effective intervention in both preventing disease development and progression. …”

Pooling data for number needed to treat: No problems for apples by Moore, R, Gavaghan, D, Edwards, J, Wiffen, P, McQuay, H

“…Objective: To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give different results using data from a review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation. Discussion: A review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation from the Cochrane Library provided different values for NNT depending on how NNTs were calculated. …”

An exploratory pilot study of the relationship between neural correlates of cognitive control and reduction in cigarette use among treatment-seeking adolescent smokers. by Krishnan-Sarin, S, Balodis, I, Kober, H, Worhunsky, P, Liss, T, Xu, J, Potenza, M

“…Despite high rates of tobacco use during adolescence, few empirically validated smoking cessation strategies exist for adolescent smokers. …”

Pooling data for Number Needed to Treat: no problems for apples by Moore, R, Gavaghan, D, Edwards, J, Wiffen, P, McQuay, H

“…Objective: To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give different results using data from a review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation. Discussion: A review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation from the Cochrane Library provided different values for NNT depending on how NNTs were calculated. …”

The effects of nicotine replacement on cognitive brain activity during smoking withdrawal studied with simultaneous fMRI/EEG. by Beaver, J, Long, C, Cole, D, Durcan, M, Bannon, L, Mishra, R, Matthews, P

“…We used functional MRI with simultaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) recording to define brain activity correlates of cognitive impairment with short-term smoking cessation in habitual smokers and the effects of nicotine replacement. …”

A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral hydrocortisone for treating tobacco withdrawal symptoms. by Ussher, M, Aveyard, P, Reid, F, West, R, Evans, P, Clow, A, Hucklebridge, F, Fuller, J, Ibison, J, Steptoe, A

“… RATIONALE: Many smokers experience a decline in cortisol to sub-normal levels during the first days of smoking cessation. A greater decline in cortisol is associated with more intense cigarette withdrawal symptoms, urge to smoke and relapse to smoking. …”

The role of psychiatrists and tobacco dependence treatment by Amer Nordin, A.S., Sellman, J.D., Adamson, S.J.

“…Methods: The literature search utilised MEDLINE, Embase and PsychINFO databases using the terms psychiatry, psychiatrist, smoking cessation, tobacco use disorder and tobacco dependence treatment. …”
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Mediators of the effect of nicotine pre-treatment on quitting smoking by Hajek, P, Lewis, S, Munafo, M, Lindson, N, Coleman, T, Aveyard, P

“… <h4>Background and aims</h4> <p>Using smoking cessation medications for several weeks prior to quitting smoking facilitates quitting success, but how it does so is not clear. …”

Are there sex differences in transdermal nicotine replacement therapy patch efficacy? A meta-analysis. by Munafò, M, Bradburn, M, Bowes, L, David, S

“…Smoking-related death and disability rates for women have risen sharply recently. Despite lower smoking cessation success rates for women using behavioral therapies, data are limited on whether specific pharmacological therapies are equally efficacious in men and women. …”

The genetic basis for smoking behavior: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Munafò, M, Clark, T, Johnstone, E, Murphy, M, Walton, R

“…Evidence indicated effects of the DRD2 Taq1A polymorphism and smoking initiation, the 5HTT LPR and CYP2A6 reduced-activity polymorphisms and smoking cessation, and the DRD2 Taq1A and CYP2A6 reduced-activity polymorphisms and cigarette consumption. …”

Surgical lung cancer patients' views about smoking and support to quit after diagnosis: a qualitative study by Farley, A, Aveyard, P, Kerr, A, Naidu, B, Dowswell, G

“…Evidence suggests that quitting smoking improves symptoms as well as disease-related mortality for cancer patients. However, smoking cessation support is typically not well integrated into routine cancer care even in the case of lung cancer.. …”

Are there sex differences in transdermal nicotine replacement therapy patch efficacy? A meta-analysis by Munafò, M, Bradburn, M, Bowes, L, David, S

“…Smoking-related death and disability rates for women have risen sharply recently. Despite lower smoking cessation success rates for women using behavioral therapies, data are limited on whether specific pharmacological therapies are equally efficacious in men and women. …”

Does cigarette reduction while using nicotine replacement therapy prior to a quit attempt predict abstinence following quit date? by Lindson-Hawley, N, Shinkins, B, West, R, Michie, S, Aveyard, P

“…Previous studies have reported that people who use a smoking cessation medication while smoking and reduce cigarette consumption spontaneously are three times more likely to stop smoking after a quit date. …”

Women's longitudinal patterns of smoking during the pre-conception, pregnancy and postnatal period: evidence from the UK infant feeding survey by Fitzpatrick, K, Gray, R, Quigley, M

“…CONCLUSION: Health professionals should ask about smoking at every opportunity, and refer women who self-report as current smokers to an evidence based smoking cessation service.…”

Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Smoking Treatment Optimisation in Pharmacies (STOP) intervention: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Sohanpal, R, Jumbe, S, James, W-Y, Steed, L, Yau, T, Rivas, C, Madurasinghe, V, Houlihan, C, Berdunisov, V, Taylor, M, Taylor, SJC, Griffiths, C, Eldridge, S, Walton, R

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong><br /> NHS community pharmacies provide effective smoking cessation services; however, there is scope for increasing throughput and improving quit rates. …”

English Stop-Smoking Services: One-Year Outcomes. by Bauld, L, Hiscock, R, Dobbie, F, Aveyard, P, Coleman, T, Leonardi-Bee, J, McRobbie, H, McEwen, A

“…Improving abstinence is likely to require a greater emphasis on providing specialist smoking cessation support. Results from this study suggest that over 18,000 premature deaths were prevented through longer-term smoking cessation achieved by smokers who accessed SSS in England from March 2012 to April 2013, but outcomes varied by client characteristic and the type of support provided.…”

Stop smoking clinics in Malaysia: characteristics of attendees and predictors of success by Wee, L.H., Shahab, L., Bulgiba, A., West, R.

“…Conclusion: In these rare data from a non-Western culture some predictors of successful smoking cessation appeared to generalise from Western smokers but the universal validity of the FTND in particular needs to be examined further. …”
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