Clinical tools
Below are resources to help smoking cessation practitioners in their clinical practice.
To view these key documents, click on the links. |
Cytisine
Cytisine will be available in the UK week commencing 22nd January 2024
Consilient Health have announced that, on behalf of Aflofarm Farmacia Polska, they are making Cytisine available as a prescr ... [More] |
Bupropion (Zyban) back in stock
October 16th 2023
We have received further clarification from GSK on the resupply of Zyban (bupropion hydrochloride 150 mg):
* As directed by regulatory authorities (including EMA and US FDA) GSK, ... [More] |
Supplying NRT for pregnant women
This briefing contains clarification from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on directly supplying nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). It also includes guidance from the Of ... [More] |
Unlicensed varenicline
Following the initial disruption to supply of varenicline (Champix) in June 2021 because of the presence of nitrosamines above the acceptable level of daily intake, Pfizer announced a wholesale and ph ... [More] |
Very brief advice on smoking (VBA)+
We are pleased announce publication of Very Brief Advice on Smoking (VBA)+
The original VBA model focussed on referral to local Stop Smoking Services. Some areas no longer offer a stop smoking ... [More] |
Stop smoking aids quick reference sheet
This quick reference clinical tool has been written by experts in the field to support stop smoking practitioners with the task of helping clients to choose the best medication for them.
To m ... [More] |
Guidance on alternatives to Champix
Guidance on alternatives to Champix
28th October 2021
Today the Department of Health and Social Care issued an updated Supply Disruption Alert confirming that there is no resupply date of vareni ... [More] |
Champix out of stock 2021
Champix out of stock
28th October 2021
Today the Department of Health and Social Care issued an updated Supply Disruption Alert confirming that there is no resupply date of varenicline from Pfi ... [More] |
Standard treatment programme
This document describes the components of a structured individual face-to-face smoking cessation intervention.
The Standard Treatment Programme is designed to complement the online resources prov ... [More] |
NCSCT STP for Pregnant Women
This NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme for Pregnant Women describes the components of a structured individual face-to-face smoking cessation
intervention with a pregnant woman who smokes. The docume ... [More] |
Remote consultation guidance
Best practice for delivering remote consultations
In response to the suspension of face-to-face stop smoking consultations, we have produced this basic guidance on providing support to smokers re ... [More] |
COVID-19: Face-to-face consultations and CO monitoring (January 2021)
COVID-19: Face-to-face consultations and CO monitoring
UPDATE: 13th January 2021
The last guidance on face-to-face stop smoking consultations issued in November 2020 by the NCSCT on behalf o ... [More] |
COVID-19 recommendation 18th March 2020
Protecting smokers from COVID-19
In light of the rapid spread of COVID-19 the NCSCT is recommending that face-to-face stop smoking consultations cease immediately. This document gives further adv ... [More] |
Standard monitoring form
This standard monitoring form provides a template containing all of the data needed for the quarterly submissions by stop smoking services to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). ... [More] |
Stop Smoking Service Client Record Form
This template client record form contains all of the items required for routine data collection for submission to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
We have also included ite ... [More] |
Stop Smoking Service Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (full)
A questionnaire containing key items to help find out about client satisfaction with stop smoking services. ... [More] |
Stop Smoking Service Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (brief)
A brief questionnaire that Stop Smoking Services can use to find out if there is anything that they could do to improve the support that they provide to smokers. ... [More] |
The Russell Standard
The aim of the document is to set out an English national standard for criteria for throughput and success rates that will enable meaningful comparisons between the services. ... [More] |
