Smoking Cessation
All enclosed public places in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland England are now smoke-free. Many current smokers may be planning a quit attempt and nurses have an important role in helping patients succeed.
This section of nursingtimes.net provides up-to-date information and resources to assist you in educating, guiding and encouraging your patients who want to stop smoking. Also visit Nursingtimes.net's new Allergy section.
Background
Resources – Jennifer Percival outlines the key resources available to health professionals to help patients quit smoking. Updated May 2007
Clinical resources
Helping people to stop smoking - the role of treatment products.
How nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion can help smokers give up smoking, and the range of products available. Nursing Times; 101: 48, 20. (29 November 2005). UPDATED MAY 2007
Smoking cessation in pregnancy
The problems associated with smoking during pregnancy and the educational needs of midwives. Nursing Times; 101: 6, 50. (8 February 2005). UPDATED MAY 2007
The challenge of teenage smoking
Samantha Andrews discusses the health implications of teenagers smoking and strategies to help them give up. Nursing Times; 100: 6, 52. (10 February 2004). UPDATED MAY 2007
Second-hand smoke: how damaging is it to health?
Jennifer Percival and Bridget Queally explore the evidence and the action that needs to be taken to reduce the effect of second-hand smoke on health. Nursing Times; 101: 25, 21. (21 June 2005).
The physiological effects of smoking on the respiratory system
Dawn Milner explains how smoking damages the respiratory system with a focus on the lungs. Nursing Times; 100: 24. (15 June 2004).
David Long describes the relationship between stress and declining health, and how smoking can be used as a coping mechanism. Nursing Times; 99: 33, 50. (19 August 2003).
Nurses' role in promoting and supporting smoking cessation
Ben Youdan and Bridget Queally argue that helping smokers give up is one of the most effective health interventions and nurses are in a unique position to fill that role. Nursing Times; 101: 10, 26. (8 March 2005).
Research and development
Smoking cessation and health inequality: an equity audit
This article reports on an audit that aimed to determine whether the local NHS stop smoking service delivered a 52-week quit rate in line with the national average of 15 per cent, and to relate this finding to health inequalities. Nursing Times; 102: 3, 38. (17 January 2006).
Protecting children from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
This article describes a project that aimed to reduce the number of children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the home. Nursing Times; 100: 23, 36. (8 June 2004).
