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NICE review of NHS smoking cessation services
Kirsten Bell, Tobacco Research Coordinator/Research Associate, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, Canada
Abstract
The National Health Service (NHS) stop smoking services provide invaluable assistance for smokers trying to quit and recent evaluations have found them to be an effective means of facilitating smoking cessation. However, to date, information has been lacking on which service formats are most effective. This presentation discusses the current state of evidence on the effectiveness of NHS intensive treatments for smoking cessation, as well as pharmacy and inpatient services, and is based on the findings of a systematic review of the literature conducted for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2006. In particular, this presentation focuses on the evidence regarding the differential impact of NHS interventions for specific subpopulations such as pregnant women, men and women from deprived areas, and black and minority ethnic groups (BMEG).
Biography
Dr Kirsten Bell is a medical anthropologist and the tobacco research coordinator at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. In this role she coordinates the tobacco research programme, which includes a variety of projects from policy work exploring the impact of tobacco policy on subpopulations to field-based studies of subpopulations of female tobacco users such as low income women, aboriginal adolescent girls, and young women with eating disorders.
Kirsten Bell
Tobacco Research Coordinator
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
E311 4500 Oak St
Vancouver
British Columbia
V6H 3N1
Canada
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