Chapter 7 Smoking cessation

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7.0 Introduction

7.1 Health and other benefits of quitting

7.2 Quitting activity

7.3 Theories about smoking and quitting

7.4 What finally prompts smokers to attempt to quit?

7.5 What we know about smokers who are persuaded to attempt to quit

7.6 How smokers go about quitting

7.7 Factors that predict success or failure in quit attempts

7.8 How can relapse be prevented?

7.9 Approaches to increasing the proportion of ever smokers who have quit

7.10 Role of health professional practices

7.11 Smoking cessation and pregnancy

7.12 Smoking and mental health

7.13 Cessation assistance: self-help

7.14 Cessation assistance: high reach, tailored or interactive

7.15 Cessation assistance: low reach, intensive

7.16 Pharmacotherapies

7.17 Financial incentives

7.18 Unproven remedies

7.19 Interventions for particular groups

7.20 National policy and progress in encouraging and supporting cessation

'To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did; I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.'
Mark Twain