National smoking cessation services at risk

Raw, Martin; McNeill, Ann; Watt, Judith; Raw, David

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7322.1140

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“…It is possible that this may reflect the experience of alcohol patients being treated in a more medical environment because of their physical complications. For entrenched smokers, being treated by NHS smoking cessation services is a new experience as these services were set up only 3 years ago [12] -although the novelty of access to our own service would not be as great as a research-orientated smokers clinic, has existed in our services for more than 20 years. Nevertheless, these smoking cessation clinics are often located in non-medical settings and this may partly account for smokers preference for the term 'patient' (but less so than alcohol and drug users).…”

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Does Anyone Care about Names? How Attendees at Substance Misuse Services Like to Be Addressed by Health Professionals

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Objective: To determine the preference of substance misusers for the terms ‘patient’, ‘client’ and ‘service user’ in the context of their contact with health professionals, if they consider substance misuse problems to exist appropriately under the category of mental health problems and if they consider themselves to have mental health problems. Methods: A self-completion questionnaire was administered to 150 National Health Service and private in- and outpatients with alcohol, drug and smoking problems. Results: The majority (54%) preferred the term ‘patient’, felt substance misuse problems was a category of mental health problems (59%), even though the majority (62%) did not consider themselves to have a mental health problem. Broadly similar preferences were found for those attending drug services and alcohol services whilst those attending the smoking cessation service were less likely to consider it an appropriate location or description. Discussion: The majority of substance misusers preferred to be called ‘patients’. The location of substance misuse services within mental health provision was widely tolerated.

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Does Anyone Care about Names? How Attendees at Substance Misuse Services Like to Be Addressed by Health Professionals

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“…The NICE 2008 guidelines recommended to provide only for 2 weeks supply at the initial consultation, and subsequent prescriptions should be given only to people who have demonstrated, on reassessment, that their quit attempt is continuing [8]. The cost-effectiveness of this program was reported [9] and suggestions were made to continue the service on a regular basis [10]. The impact of the provision of free NRT ranging from one to twelve weeks was also reported in Canada [11], USA [12], and Australia [13], and it was argued that similar programs would support the promotion of smoking cessation service and quit rates.…”

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Different Lengths of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation

Abdullah

Chan

Lam

2013

BioMed Research International

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This study examined if 2-week free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) would be more effective than 1-week free NRT to help smokers quit smoking at 6 and 12 months. In a single-blinded randomized controlled trial design, 562 Chinese smokers who attended a smoking cessation clinic in Hong Kong, China, were randomly allocated into two groups (A1 and A2): A1 (n = 284) received behavioural counselling with free NRT for 1 week; A2 (n = 278) received similar counselling with free NRT for 2 weeks. All subjects received printed self-help materials to support their quitting efforts. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection, including pattern of NRT use and self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate at 6 months and 12 months. Among the participants, the mean number of cigarettes smoked per day was 18.8 (SD = 10.9). By intention-to-treat analysis, 7-day point prevalence quit rates were not significantly different between A1 and A2 groups at 6-month (27.5% versus 27.3%; P = 0.97) and 12-month (21.1% versus 21.2%; P = 0.98) followup. The findings suggest that two-week free NRT was not more effective than 1-week free NRT to increase smoking cessation rate among Chinese smokers.

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“…Unfortunately, the future of this fledgling service is uncertain because the UK government has so far failed to make a decision on funding the service for the forthcoming year. 10 11…”

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Helping patients in hospital to quit smoking

West

2002

BMJ

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National smoking cessation services at risk

Cited by 12 publications

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Does Anyone Care about Names? How Attendees at Substance Misuse Services Like to Be Addressed by Health Professionals

Does Anyone Care about Names? How Attendees at Substance Misuse Services Like to Be Addressed by Health Professionals

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Different Lengths of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation

Helping patients in hospital to quit smoking

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