'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' Smoking Cessation Nursing
News and practice for smoking cessation nurses
Practice
Very brief advice on smoking
A quick offer to support patients to quit smoking can be far more effective than telling them to stop. A short film that counts towards CPD can help nurses do this
Behaviour change to treat overactive bladder syndrome
Nurses are ideally placed to offer patients who have overactive bladder syndrome behavioural treatments to help manage the problem and improve their quality of life
Improving training in motivational interviewing
Practitioners from different clinical backgrounds can use motivational interviewing. A university set up a module on the technique for health and social care professionals
Use of pharmacotherapy in smoking cessation
Nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion and varenicline are pharmacotherapies that are effective in people who want to stop smoking, doubling quit rates
Smoking cessation buddies in COPD
A buddy-led smoking cessation clinic can help patients with COPD to quit
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Does pulmonary rehabilitation help after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
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Developing a joined up approach to smoking cessation in primary and secondary care
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Implementing a health promotion model in a young offender institution
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Evaluating motivational interviewing as a strategy to support smoking cessation
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Do people with mild COPD benefit from early pulmonary rehabilitation programmes?
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What is the evidence for using family based interventions to prevent stroke recurrence?
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Smoking cessation 2: targeting, engaging and supporting hard to reach groups
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Smoking cessation 1: best practice and treatment and support options for patients
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Do women comply with nutritional and lifestyle recommendations before pregnancy?
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Interventions for preventing weight gain after people quit smoking
News
Congress rejects plan to pay people to be healthier
Nurses have rejected calls to introduce financial incentives for improved public health behaviour.
Cancer Research UK report shows tobacco packaging targets teens
Campaigners have been arguing it for years but now a study has revealed children and teenagers agree that cigarette and tobacco packages have been designed to appeal to them.
Gay men 'need better health care'
Health services need to improve the standard of care offered to gay and bisexual men, according to a survey.
Smoking ban leads to drop in mothers who smoke
Scotland is continuing to gain the health benefits from the smoking ban introduced exactly six years ago, according to an anti-smoking charity.
Free NHS nicotine patches 'don't help smokers quit'
Offering smokers free nicotine patches or intensive counselling via an NHS helpline does nothing to help them quit, according to a government-funded study.
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NICE publishes peripheral arterial disease treatment guidance
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Smoking ban results in less pregnancy complications
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COPD linked with increased heart failure risk
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NICE publishes guidance for cessation of smokeless tobacco products
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Women 'display fewer heart attack symptoms'
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Expectant mums in north more likely to smoke
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More midwives needed to tackle smoking during pregnancy
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Smoking ban has 'discouraged home smoking'
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Overweight women who smoke risk fetal heart defects
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England's heart attack deaths halved in under a decade
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