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These files include guidance from the Department of Health and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

NICE guidance
Mass-media and point-of-sales measures to prevent the uptake of smoking by children and young people (National Institute for Clinical Excellence, July 2008) download
NICE costing report and template for Smoking Cessation Guidance PH010 download
Smoking cessation services in primary care, pharmacies, local authorities and workplaces (National Institute for Clinical Excellence, February 2008) download
Guidance on behaviour change at population, community and individual levels
(National Institute for Clinical Excellence, October 2007)
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Guidance on the use of varenicline for smoking cessation
(National Institute for Clinical Excellence, July 2007)
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Guidance on the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and bupropion for smoking cessation (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) download
Helping smokers to stop: guidance for pharmacists in England.
McRobbie, H. & McEwen, A. (2005) London, National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Guidance on brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation in primary care and other settings (National Institute for Clinical Excellence - March 2006) download
Guidance on workplace health promotion: how to help employees to stop smoking
(National Institute for Clinical Excellence - April 2007)
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DoH guidance
NHS Stop Smoking Services: Service and Monitoring Guidance (DoH October 2007- updated Feb 2008). download
NHS Stop Smoking Services: Service and Monitoring Guidance (DoH October 2007) download
Identifying key factors for success in delivery. Report of the Stop Smoking Services Workshop: 30th September 2004 (DoH) download
Choosing Health: tobacco summary (DoH) download
Service and Monitoring Guidance Note: 2002/03 (DoH 2003) download
Service and Monitoring Guidance Note: 2001-02 download
Stop smoking support in HM Prisons: The impact of nicotine replacement therapy; Includes Best Practice Checklist. (DoH 2007) download
Smokefree and smiling: Guidance to general dental practitioners (DoH May 2007) download

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Statistics on NHS stop smoking services
England
  April - December 2007
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  April - September 2007
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  April - June 2007
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    - April 2006 to March 2007 (DoH 2007) download
    - April 2005 to March 2006 download
    - April 2004 to March 2005 download
Scotland
NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland) 1st January to 31st December 2007 
(ISD Scotland March 2008).
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Wales
All Wales Smoking Cessation Service Annual Report April 2006- March 2007.
National Public Health Service for Wales, Sept. 2007
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Other policy advice
US Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (May 2008). download
Smoking cessation update; a supplement to the 2004 smoking cessation guidelines for Scotland. (Health Scotland and ASH Scotland 2007). download
Rapid review of non NHS treatments for smoking cessation. McRobbie et al (2006). download
Sample Patient Group Direction (PGD) for the supply of varenicline (SCSRN, August 2007) download
Lessons from Smoke-Free Scotland. 2006 Powerpoint slide presentation, Dr Linda Bauld view slides
Is varenicline cost-effective enough to be funded by the NHS now?
(John Stapleton, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London)
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Smoking Cessation Training Survey: Report on Findings (Health Development Agency - 2002) download
Standard for training in smoking cessation treatments (Health Development Agency - June 2003) download
Meeting Department of Health Smoking Cessation Targets: Recommendations for primary care trusts (HDA 2003) download
Meeting Department of Health Smoking Cessation Targets: Recommendations for service providers. (HDA 2003) download
Guidance for Smoke Free Hospital Trusts. (HDA 2005) download
Research to explore training programmes in smoking cessation for pharmacists and pharmacy assistants (HDA 2005) download
Smoking and patients with mental health problems (HDA 2004) download

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