Introduction Tobacco smoking claims 700 000 lives every year in Europe and the cost of
tobacco smoking in the EU is estimated between €98 and €130 billion annually; direct medical …

Methods The CURE project is a hospital-wide tobacco addiction treatment service piloted in
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK. The core components of the project are electronic …

Tobacco control campaigns frequently make use of statistical and scientific information to
inform the public and policy makers about the dangers of tobacco smoke. It is clearly crucial for …

Introduction Treating tobacco dependency in patients admitted to acute care National
Health Service (NHS) trusts is a key priority in the NHS 10-year plan. This paper sets out the …

Methods Staff members from eight acute care NHS trusts in Greater Manchester were
invited to complete a 15-minute web-based questionnaire. Results Five-hundred and eighty-eight …

Introduction Treating tobacco dependency in patients admitted to hospital is a key priority in
the National Health Service long-term plan. This service evaluation assessed the perception…

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) describes tobacco as a major global
health hazard and the greatest preventable threat to public health. It kills up to half of its …

Contributors: the original concept for the article came from Andrea Crossfield, when researching
the provenance of the claim that 85% of tobacco smoke is invisible. Ivan Gee led both …

Smoking tobacco is one of the leading causes of preventable death, leading to over 90,000
deaths every year in the United Kingdom (UK) 1. The National Health Service (NHS) …