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Smoking
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section of this website (Patient UK)
Includes leaflets on smoking.
Department of Health - Tobacco section of their website
Policy and initiatives on tackling smoking.
QUIT
Charity dedicated to help you give up smoking. Includes a helpline number, and helpline numbers for various minority languages.
No Smoking Day
An annual event with a persistent message. Website has lots of information about how to give up smoking.
Giving up Smoking
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.
Smoking cessation
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Smoking cessation.
Smoking cessation - varenicline
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals on the same topic.
Workplace smoking
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Workplace smoking.
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
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.
The Time is Right
Plenty of advice and practical information to help you quit smoking. Impressive and comprehensive site. (Sponsored by the drug company Glaxo Wellcome).
Why Quit?
International site focussed on helping you to quit smoking.
Health Education Board for Scotland
This site contains a wealth of publications covering all aspects of smoking. It includes factsheets on giving up smoking, smoking and pregnancy and passive 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.
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.
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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Smoking - A Summary Smoking - Help to Stop with Bupropion Smoking - Help to Stop With Varenicline (Champix) Smoking - How Addicted Are You? Smoking - Nicotine Replacement Therapy Smoking - The Benefits of Stopping Smoking - The Facts Smoking - Tips on Stopping Smoking and Others (Passive Smoking)Patient Support related to this topic (^ top of page)
ASH - Action on Smoking and Health ASH in Wales ASH Scotland Cleanair GASP NHS Smoking Helpline Quit (help to stop smoking) Smokeline The Time is RightMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Smoking CessationUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on Smoking CessationOnline videos related to this topic (^ top of page)
Online videos on Smoking CessationRecent news items related to this topic (^ top of page)
Drink and smoking hasten Alzheimer's Quitting smoking has rapid health benefits Rich man, poor man gulf in the Capital's 'smoking map' Retired 'winning smoking fight' Smokers 'make their children ill' Smokers who give up during pregnancy have good-natured children, claims study Acting now to stub out smoking will save lives in the future Quitting smoking has rapid benefits Children's peers are best people to warn of smoking dangersMedicines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Nicotine productsPoems and stories related to this topic (^ top of page)
Giving Up Smoking Just Stop Quit Before It's Too LateOther - Useful resources (^ top of page)
Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
Other good health sites
Pharmacy products related to this topic (^ top of page)
Clinomyn Smokers ToothpasteMedical equipment products related to this topic (^ top of page)
Pill/Tablet Equipment
Books related to this topic (^ top of page)
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