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Very Brief Advice (VBA+)
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Very Brief Advice on Smoking (VBA)+
Very Brief Advice on Smoking for Ambulance Clinicians
Very Brief Advice on Smoking for dental patients
Very Brief Advice for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Behavioural support for smoking cessation
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Standard Treatment Programme
Stop smoking services: increased chances of quitting
Four-week quit rate briefing
Quick wins: the short-term benefits of stopping smoking
The 'not-a-puff' rule
Smoking and bone health
Smoking reduction
Smoking cessation interventions involving significant others
Managing post-cessation weight gain
Waterpipe tobacco smoking
Remote consultation guidance
Smoking cessation and mental health
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Tobacco Dependence and Mental Health: A briefing for front-line staff
Smoking cessation and smokefree policies: Good practice for mental health services
Tobacco dependence treatment for people with severe mental illness: guiding principles and best practice
Smoking Cessation Intervention for People with Severe Mental Ill Health: SCIMITAR+ Trial
Smoking cessation and cannabis use
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Smoking cessation and cannabis use
Service policy guidance on cannabis use
Smoking cessation and pregnancy
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National Smoke-free Pregnancy Incentive Scheme
Stopping Smoking in Pregnancy: A briefing for maternity care providers
NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme for Pregnant Women
Supply of NRT to pregnant women
Young people and stopping smoking
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Young people and stopping smoking
Resources: young people and stopping smoking
Evidence on young people, smoking and stopping
Case studies: young people and stopping smoking
Young people and stopping vaping
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Young people and stopping vaping
Resources: young people and stopping vaping
Evidence on young people, vaping and stopping
Case studies: young people and stopping vaping
Stop smoking aids
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Stop smoking aids resources
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Template NRT protocol
Stop smoking aids quick reference sheet
Cost-effectiveness of pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
Combination NRT
Example varenicline PGD
Animal testing and NRT
NRT and young people
Vaping resources
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Vaping: a guide for health and social care professionals
Supporting clients who want to stop vaping
Support and treatment for dependence on nicotine vapes
Swap to Stop
Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED) trial
Information for specialist stop-smoking services that are considering providing e-cigarette starter packs: recommendations from the Trial of Ecigarettes (TEC)
Working with vape shops
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
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Nicotine Gum
Nicotine Patches
Nicotine Inhalator
Nicotine Nasal Spray
Nicotine Mouth Spray
Nicotine Microtabs
Nicotine Lozenge
Varenicline
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Making stop smoking medications available and accessible: guidance and resources
Varenicline briefing
Champix (varenicline tartrate)
Varenicline SPCs
Varenicline Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Varenicline: effectiveness and safety
Cardiovascular disease and varenicline
Cytisinicline
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Cytisinicline
Cytisinicline Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Bupropion
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Bupropion
NHS
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Secondary care resources
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How were these factsheets put together?
The clinical case for providing stop smoking support to hospitalised patients
Cardiovascular patient factsheet
Diabetic patient factsheet
Dental patient factsheet
Mental Health patient factsheet
Oncology patient factsheet
Paediatrics factsheet
Pregnant women factsheet
Respiratory patient factsheet
Rheumatology patient factsheet
Stroke patient factsheet
Surgical patient factsheet
Wound care factsheet
Supporting renal patients
Supporting ophthalmology patients
Neurology patients
Gynaecology patients
Ear, nose and throat (ENT) patients
Interventions in Secondary Care - Orthopedic Patients Factsheet (NHS Smokefree, 2010)
Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Resources
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Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Best Practices and Key Messages
NHS Standard Treatment Plan (STP) for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence
NHS Standard Treatment Plan (STP) for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Hospitals
Film: Treating Tobacco Dependence in Acute Hospitals
Film: Treating Tobacco Dependence for people in Mental Health Hospitals
Top five myth busting tips on nicotine use
NHS Acute Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Adviser Training Resources
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Introduction
Evaluation materials
Two-Day Course Materials
Modular Training Materials
Acknowledgements
NHS Mental Health Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Adviser Training Resources
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Introduction
Evaluation materials
Two-Day Course Materials
Modular Training Materials
Acknowledgements
Communicating with high-risk individuals about lung cancer screening
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Communicating with high-risk individuals about lung cancer screening training module
NHSE Competency frameworks for tobacco dependence treatment in secondary care
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Appendix A: NHSE Competency Frameworks Overview
Appendix B: Behaviour change techniques for smoking cessation
Appendix C: Template competency framework for recommending, prescribing and dispensing stop smoking medications
Competency Framework Inpatients
Competency Framework Learning Disability
Competency Framework Maternity
Competency Framework Mental Health
Competency Framework Outpatients
NHS Community Pharmacy SCS
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Standard Treatment Programme for the NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service
Standard Treatment Programme SCS Checklists
Standard Treatment Programme feedback form
NHS Community Mental Health Tobacco Treatment Training Resources
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Introduction
Course evaluation resources
Two-day training materials
Modular training materials
Acknowledgements
Enquiries
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Technical enquiries
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NCSCT training account
NCSCT training assessments
NCSCT site navigation
Training enquiries
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NCSCT Virtual Training
Clinical enquiries
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Commissioning resources
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Resources for commissioners and tobacco leads
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Making prescription stop smoking medications available
Priority Groups: Targeting and tailoring tobacco dependence treatment
Transfer of Care
Minimum number of clients
The Russell Standard
Incorporating nicotine vapes into Stop Smoking Services
Competences required for delivering a Standard Treatment Programme
Integrated health behaviour services briefing
Stop smoking services and health inequalities
Prevention versus cessation: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
12-week smoking status guidance
Vaping allowed and Smoking not allowed vinyl stickers
Research resources
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Dependence on smoking
Health questionnaire
Mood and physical symptoms scale (MPSS)
Motivation to stop smoking
Social support
Past quit attempts
Physical activity questionnaire
Smoking motives
Consent form
Stop Smoking Service Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (full)
Stop Smoking Service Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (brief)
Yorkshire and Humber Workforce Development Programme
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Programme overview (Yorkshire and Humber Workforce Development Programme)
Progress (Yorkshire and Humber Workforce Development Programme)
Outputs (Yorkshire and Humber Workforce Development Programme)
Guidance and evidence reviews
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NICE guidance
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Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence NG209 (NICE, November 2021)
Behaviour Change: general approaches (NICE, October 2007)
Department of Health and Social Care Guidance
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Local Stop Smoking Services - Self-assessment and service improvement tool (SASIT)
Local Stop Smoking Services and support: commissioning, delivery and monitoring guidance
Maximising the impact of stop smoking services: latest evidence and best practice
Practice guidance
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Cut Down to Stop
Home oxygen: safety advice
Cochrane reviews: behaviour intervention
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Individual behavioural counselling for smoking cessation
Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking during pregnancy
Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation
Additional behavioural support as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis
Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation
Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation
Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation
Telephone counselling for smoking cessation
Print-based self-help interventions for smoking cessation
Enhancing partner support to improve smoking cessation
Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease
Exercise interventions for smoking cessation
Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation
Smoking cessation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation
Cochrane reviews: pharmacological interventions
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Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation
Pharmacological and electronic cigarette interventions for smoking cessation in adults: component network meta-analyses
Pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta analysis
Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation
Nicotine replacement therapy versus control for smoking cessation
Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation
What is the best way to use nicotine replacement therapy to quit smoking?
Antidepressants for smoking cessation
Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy
Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence
Cochrane reviews: community interventions
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Strategies to improve smoking cessation rates in primary care
Community interventions for reducing smoking among adults
Community pharmacy personnel interventions for smoking cessation
Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
Nursing interventions for smoking cessation
Physician advice for smoking cessation
Competitons for smoking cessation
School-based programmes for preventing smoking
Cochrane reviews: interventions in other settings
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Acupuncture and related interventions for smoking cessation
Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation
Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation
Interventions for preoperative smoking cessation
Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients
Training resources
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Virtual training courses
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Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Advanced Training Course
Tobacco Leads and Commissioners training course
Service Managers training course
Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Core Skills Training Course
Virtual course in behavioural support for smoking cessation in pregnancy
Virtual course in Community Mental Health Tobacco Treatment
Virtual course for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Advisors
Virtual course for Inpatient Mental Health Tobacco Dependence Advisors
Course booking
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Training resources
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Competency framework for stop smoking practitioners
NCSCT Training Standard
Cochrane review: training health professionals in smoking cessation
DVDs to support the NCSCT training programme
About us
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More information on the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
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Introducing the NCSCT
Vaping Position Statement
NCSCT Services
Privacy Policy
Archive
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