Smoking cessation: Evidence based recommendations for the healthcare system

Abstract

The purpose of the guidelines is to recommend the integration of effective and cost effective interventions for smoking cessation into routine clinical care throughout the healthcare system, and they are aimed at health commissioners, managers, and clinicians. The guidelines are the first professionally endorsed, evidence and consensus based guidelines on smoking cessation for the English healthcare system and have been written in parallel with guidance on the cost effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions, which establishes the economic case for smoking cessation delivered through the NHS. Although the guidelines were commissioned by the Health Education Authority, which has a remit for England, they may prove relevant and adaptable to other countries and healthcare systems.