The impact of a smoking cessation programme on referrals in a cardiorespiratory admissions unit

S Akbar, K Kavi, R Azam, M Parvez, H Zafar… - Future Healthcare …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and methods We retrospectively collected data for patients admitted in December
2020 in the first cycle and for patients admitted in July 2021 in the second cycle. The data …

The Future of Smoking Cessation

CC Costa, G Teixeira, L Andrade - 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world. Although
health professionals have the duty to alert and refer patients to Smoking Cessation, the …

Smoking cessation activity in respiratory outpatient clinics

K Ng, A Read, V Alderman - 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: The NHS Long Term Plan 2019 aims to offer state-funded smoking cessation to
all inpatients by 2023/24. There is a distinct lack of emphasis on outpatients. Aims: This …

A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Smoking Cessation in a Hospital Acute Cardio-Respiratory Admissions Unit

D Nicoara, C Chebbout, M Jones, C Guest, N Baker… - 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We aimed to increase smoking cessation referrals by 30% within three months, to improve
identification of patients' smoking status, offer patients very brief advice (VBA) and increase …

Smoking cessation programme in hospitalised patients due to acute respiratory disease

SIS Guerra, JM Vale, RD Nunes - Internal Medicine Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hospital environment is generally propitious to smoking cessation for several
reasons, such as a legal ban on smoking in hospital facilities, greater vulnerability facing …

Effectiveness of smoking cessation program in hospitalized patients

EB Konyalıhatipoğlu, D Karadoğan, TG Telatar… - 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background and aim: 9Teachable moments9, such as inpatient treatment periods, can be
turned into opportunities for smokers to acquire healthy living behaviors. This study was …

Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project)

L Hryhorskyj, F Howle, K Groom… - BMJ open …, 2022 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Follow-up loss in smoking cessation consultation: can we predict and prevent it?

BMO Cabrita, MA Galego, AL Fernandes… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Cigarette smoking has a considerable health and economic burden in modern
society, with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, smoking cessation policies …

How do physicians of different specialties assess smoking status in hospital and primary care

S Bondar, A Konradi, O Salagay - European Heart Journal, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Assessment of current smoking status and history of smoking is critically
important for risk stratification and initiation of smoking cessation interventions. However …

Prevalence of smoking among patients treated in NHS hospitals in England in 2010/2011: a national audit

L Szatkowski, R Murray, R Hubbard, S Agrawal… - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
Using data from The Health Improvement Network and Hospital Episode Statistics, we
investigate smoking prevalence, number of smokers treated and opportunities for cessation …