Research and External Links
Smoking Cessation Services Statistics (External Web Page)
Latest data on England's stop smoking services
NHS England website encouraging people to give up smoking and offers advice on the best ways to approach a quit attempt.
Health Scotland: You can stop smoking (External Web Page)
Health Scotland's on stopping smoking. Includes tips, calculators, quit calendar and links to helplines.
Primary Care Electronic Library (External Web Page)
Run by St George's University of London, the Primary Care Electronic Library has indexed and classified over one thousand internet sites relevant to primary care. Resources can also be searched and browsed alphabetically or numerically.
Smoking Cessation Service Research Network (SCSRN) (External Web Page)
The Smoking Cessation Service Research Network (SCSRN) is a co-operative of UK Smoking Cessation Services who are interested in being involved in research. It aims to facilitate high quality research to improve clinical practice.
Treatobacco.net (External Web Page)
Treatobacco.net is a resource for those working on the treatment of tobacco dependence throughout the world. It presents authoritative evidence-based information about the treatment of tobacco dependence, under five headings: efficacy, safety; demographics and health effects; health economics and policy.
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NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - Bupropion and NRT (External Web Page)
Guidance by National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Technology Appraisal Guidance No. 38 Smoking cessation - bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy. Technology Appraisal Guidance TGA39 Smoking cessation - bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy.
Issue Date: March 2002 Review Date: March 2005
National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease (External Web Page)
Winning the war on heart disease. Progress Report 2004. This is a comprehensive programme aimed at reducing death through heart disease. While much of it focuses on management of the disease itself, there is also a strong preventative component
Improvement, Expansion and Reform: Guidance on Local Delivery Plans 2003-6
The Department of Health provides the NHS guidance on meeting the targets set by the Local Delivery Plans for 2003-6. This includes technical guidance on the three references to smoking targets.
