Smoking Cessation and Mental Health: A briefing for front-line staff

For people with mental illness who smoke, stopping smoking will have the greatest impact on their health.

This briefing is aimed at those who work in a mental health setting and gives expert, concise guidance on how to deliver Very Brief Advice (VBA) to patients who smoke.

People who have a serious mental illness are at greater risk of a range of medical conditions compared to the general population. The high rates of smoking in this
population exacerbate these health inequalities. The greatest impact on the health of people with mental illness who smoke will come from the routine provision
of smoking cessation support.