Executive summary Despite the improvements in outcomes for cardiovascular disease
(CVD) over the last 20 years, it remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the …

Background Healthcare professionals frequently advise people to improve their health by
stop** smoking. Such advice may be brief, or part of more intensive interventions …

OBJECTIVE: Individual behavioural support for smoking cessation is effective but little is
known about the 'active ingredients'. As a first step to establishing this, it is essential to have …

Background Taking regular exercise may help people give up smoking by moderating
nicotine withdrawal and cravings, and by hel** to manage weight gain. Objectives To …

This paper updates the evidence base and key recommendations of the Health Education
Authority (HEA) smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals published in Thorax …

Tobacco use is the single most important preventable health risk in the developed world,
and an important cause of premature death worldwide. Smoking causes a wide range of …

Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library |
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Objectives. Each year, nearly 2 in 5 cigarette smokers try to quit, but fewer than 10%
succeed. Taking a multifaceted approach to examine the predictors of successfully quitting …

Background Most tobacco control programmes for adolescents are based around prevention
of uptake, but teenage smoking is still common. It is unclear if interventions that are effective …