Smoking Cessation

This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some backround reading in smoking cessation. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.

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Evidence-Based Reports

• Varenicline (Champix) for Smoking Cessation. UKMi - Post launch reviews, 2007
• Smoking reduction with nicotine replacement and motivational advice reduced smoking in people unmotivated to quit. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005
• Review: all forms of nicotine replacement therapy are effective for smoking cessation. Evidence-Based Mental Health (Requires free registration), 2005
• Bupropion plus nicotine replacement no better than replacement alone. POEMs, 2004
• Review: bupropion and nortriptyline each increase smoking cessation rates. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005
• 4 interaction dynamics occurred in telephone counselling for smoking cessation. Evidence-Based Mental Health (Requires free registration), 2005

Clinical Guidelines

• Guidelines for perinatal care : tobacco use in the perinatal period. British Columbia Reproductive Care Program, 2006
• Counseling to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease: recommendation statement. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2003
• Smoking cessation. University of Michigan Health System, 2006
• Smoking cessation. PRODIGY, 2006
• Smoking cessation. NICE, 2006
• Guidelines for Smoking Cessation. New Zealand Guidelines Group, 2002

Systematic Reviews

• Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
• Antidepressants for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007 View review OR Test your knowledge for extra CPD?
• Family-based programmes for preventing smoking by children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
• Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation and Control. NIH Consensus Statements, 2006
• Cost effectiveness of a smoking cessation program in patients admitted for coronary heart disease. NHS EED, 2006
• Cost-effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for nicotine dependence in primary care settings: a multinational comparison. NHS EED, 2006
• Giving away free nicotine medications and a cigarette substitute (Better Quit) to promote calls to a quitline. NHS EED, 2006
• Opioid antagonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
• Nicobrevin for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
• Tobacco cessation interventions for young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
• School-based programmes for preventing smoking. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
• Telephone counselling for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006

Recent articles in core journals

• Randomized controlled trial of a computer-based, tailored intervention to increase smoking cessation counseling by primary care physicians. J Gen Intern Med, 2007
• The effect of a multi-component smoking cessation intervention in African American women residing in public housing. Res Nurs Health, 2007
• Randomized clinical trial of an Internet-based versus brief office intervention for adolescent smoking cessation. Patient Educ Couns, 2006
• Randomized controlled trial of a social support ('buddy') intervention for smoking cessation. Patient Educ Couns, 2006
• Effect of incorporating a 10 minute point of care test for salivary nicotine metabolites into a general practice based smoking cessation programme: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 2005
• The cost utility of bupropion in smoking cessation health programs: simulation model results for Sweden. Chest, 2006
• Cytisine for Smoking Cessation: A Literature Review and a Meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med, 2006
• Nursing intervention and smoking cessation: meta-analysis update. Heart Lung, 2006
• Systematic review: smoking cessation intervention strategies for adults and adults in special populations. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006
• "Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey. BMJ, 2006
• Effect of maintenance therapy with varenicline on smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 2006
• Interventions to Facilitate Smoking Cessation. American Family Physician, 2006

eTextbooks

• Merck Manual
• eMedicine
• GP Notebook

Clinical Queries

• Smoking Cessation (pre-operative)/Pre-operative Smoking Cessation/Smoking. ARIF, 2006
• Is it safe to prescribe nicotine replacement therapy in pregnant women? ATTRACT, 2007 View answer OR Can you answer this question for extra CPD?
• What evidence is there re Varenicline in treatment of smoking cessation compared to NRT / Zyban? ATTRACT, 2007
• In pregnant smoking women would adding carbon monoxide testing to support therapy, improve smoking cessation outcomes? NLH Q&A Service, 2006
• What product and formulation related factors should be considered when selecting nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)? UK Medicines Information Q&A, 2006 View answer OR Can you answer this question for extra CPD?

Patient Information

• Informed Health Online
• New Zealand Guidelines Group - Consumer Information
• BUPA Health Information
• NHS Direct Online