Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for a wide range of diseases, and smoking cessation
significantly reduces these risks. Clinical guidelines for diseases associated with smoking …

Smoking is a major risk factor for a range of diseases, and quitting smoking provides
considerable benefits to health. It therefore follows that clinical guidelines on disease …

National guidelines for smoking cessation in primary care can be effective in improving
clinical practice. This study assessed which parties are involved in the development of such …

Background Healthcare professionals frequently advise people to improve their health by
stopping smoking. Such advice may be brief, or part of more intensive interventions …

1.1 Background Worldwide, massive amounts of money are being spent on healthcare. In
the Netherlands alone, healthcare expenditure amounts to some 48 billion euros a year …

Background Health care professionals frequently advise patients to improve their health by
stopping smoking. Such advice may be brief, or part of more intensive interventions …

Objective To develop and encourage the adoption of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for
smoking cessation in Canada by engaging stakeholders in the adaptation of existing high …

Aims Several international professional bodies have produced and disseminated clinical
practice guidelines (CPGs) for smoking cessation. However, to date, the quality of guidelines …

Smoking remains the largest single cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in Europe.
Successful strategies for smoking cessation will have clear health benefits. Even brief advice …

The negative health effects of tobacco use are legion, claiming over 400,000 lives in the
United States each year, and many more in the rest of the world. Although tobacco use is …