Chapter 7 Smoking cessation

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7.0 Introduction

7.1 Quitting activity

7.2 Health and other benefits of quitting

7.3 The process of quitting

7.4 Assistance with quitting

7.5 Intensity of intervention

7.6 Cost-effectiveness analysis of smoking interventions

7.7 Personal factors associated with quitting

7.8 External factors associated with quitting

7.9 Policy measures associated with quitting

7.10 Role of general practice and other health professional settings

7.11 Methods, services and products for quitting—methods

7.12 Methods, services and products for quitting—self-help printed and electronic resources

7.13 Methods, services and products for quitting—Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

7.14 Methods, services and products for quitting—telephone advice and assistance

7.15 Methods, services and products for quitting—more intensive support

7.16 Pharmacotherapy

7.17 Combined interventions

7.18 Unproven methods

7.19 Interventions for special groups

7.20 Towards a national cessation strategy

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References

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