Smoking

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes various leaflets on smoking.

 Department of Health - Tobacco section of their website

Policy and initiatives on tackling smoking.

 Smoking and Cancer

Information from Cancer Research UK.

 QUIT

Charity dedicated to help you give up smoking. Includes a helpline number, and helpline numbers for various minority languages.

 Smoking

Directgov is the website of the UK government for its citizens, providing information and online services for the public all in one place. They provide a wide range of information including one in this area.

 No Smoking Day

An annual event with a persistent message. Website has lots of information about how to give up smoking.

 Smokefree

NHS site packed with information and advice on stopping smoking. Includes a helpline number.

 ASH - Action on Smoking and Health

Gives a list of organisations involved in helping people quit smoking.

 ASH Scotland

Campaigns for effective tobacco control policies, they provide an information service.

 Can Stop Smoking

A website offering support to people who want to give up smoking.

 Over the Counter Treatments to Help Smokers Quit

Information from The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which is the government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.

 Smoking cessation

A quick reference guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation.

 Smoking cessation - varenicline

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Smoking cessation - varenicline.

 Workplace smoking

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Workplace interventions to promote smoking cessation.

 Preventing the uptake of smoking by children and young people

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Preventing the uptake of smoking by children and young people.

 Identifying and Supporting People Most at Risk of Dying Prematurely

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Identifying and Supporting People Most at Risk of Dying Prematurely.

 Smoking Cessation

From the 'Behind the Medical Headlines' website developed to provide authoritative and independent expert commentaries on topical medical matters reported in the international media. Produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

 Medicine Guide for Nicotine Dependence

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Medicine Guide for Smoking Cessation

Provides detailed information about the drugs available to treat this condition. Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines, conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Harm reduction in nicotine addiction: Helping people who can't quit

Compiled by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians, this report makes the case for harm reduction strategies to protect smokers. It demonstrates that smokers smoke predominantly for nicotine, that nicotine itself is not especially hazardous, and that if nicotine could be provided in a form that is acceptable and effective as a cigarette substitute, millions of lives could be saved.

 Stop Smoking Services

Search for your local NHS Stop Smoking Service from the NHS Choices website

 Stopping Smoking - Support for Patients

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Smoking

Health Challenge Wales provides a wide variety of information including one in this area.

 GASP

An organisation offering resources for smoke-free solutions. Over 130 items including leaflets, books, activity packs, training materials, displays, posters, models, carbon monoxide monitors and promotional items.

 Kicking the Habit

Plenty of advice and practical information to help you quit smoking. Impressive and comprehensive site. (Sponsored by the drug company GlaxoSmithKline).

 Why Quit?

International site focussed on helping you to quit smoking.

 BMJ - Collected Resources

All articles published in the British Medical Journal on smoking since January 1998. (Smoking is listed under Public Health.)

 Tobacco Control

Online professional journal, for those who want more serious background reading!

 Cleanair

CLEANAIR is an independent, voluntary and non-profit-making organisation which has been engaged in drawing public attention to smoking and its effects on health and the environment since 1972. Its main aim is to help create a smoke-free society for all to share and enjoy.

 Fullstop-smoking.co.uk

A site which helps smokers quit through systematically looking at all aspects of WHY, HOW and WHEN they smoke and giving coping startegies to stop and stay stopped.

 NicoTest

Provides a scheme of treatment focussing on individual assessment and online support.

 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the single excellence-in-practice organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. Contains a section on Smoking.

 Giving up smoking

Information from BUPA.

 Smoking (quitting)

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.