Smoking cessation
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Implementing guidelinesE-cigarettes can be a useful tool for helping smokers to quit
Louise Ross summarises the latest recommendations from NICE on stop smoking interventions and services and highlights the relevant points for primary care
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Test and reflect
NICE guideline on stop smoking services and interventions
This Guidelines in Practice CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on stop smoking interventions and services—you will then be prompted to reflect on your learning.
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News
Smoking cessation services guidance updated by NICE
NICE has published NICE Guideline (NG) 92 on Stop smoking interventions and services.
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Implementing guidelines
Estimating cardiovascular risk is key to preventing disease
Dr Alan Begg summarises new SIGN guidance and explains why lifestyle change is an essential aspect of cardiovascular risk reduction
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Differential diagnoses
Breathlessness: what's the diagnosis?
Dr Chris Cooper reflects on a variety of possible causes of breathlessness: asthma, atrial fibrillation, COPD, or something else?
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News
PHE publishes smoking cessation tool for commissioners
Public Health England (PHE) has published Models of delivery for stop smoking services: options and evidence.
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Top tips
Top tips: helping smokers to quit
Jane Wright shares 10 key points on how to support patients in their efforts to quit smoking
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Hot topic
From smoking to vaping to quitting: a nurses’ guide
Louise Ross describes how practice nurses can capture the potential of electronic cigarettes to help their patients stop smoking
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Hot topic
Could electronic cigarettes help to end the smoking epidemic?
Louise Ross shares the positive impact national guidance on electronic cigarettes has had on her local stop smoking service and encourages smokers and practitioners to read it
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Implementing guidelines
Landmark smoking guidance will help to reduce tobacco harm
Harm-reduction strategies can help people who are unable or unwilling to stop smoking completely and will support existing stop smoking services, says Dr Tonya Gillis
