The systematic integration of evidence-based tobacco treatment has yet to be broadly
viewed as a standard-of-care. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recommends …

Managed care organisations provide a key channel for delivering smoking cessation
interventions to populations. This eVort has largely focused on outpatient settings, usually …

Problem Existing clinical guidelines provide recommendations for treating smokers but little
guidance on how to implement changes that will improve the delivery of smoking cessation …

Although the development and publication of a national evidence based clinical guideline
for smoking cessation from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 1 has …

Aims The'Smokescreen'smoking cessation programme was introduced in Christchurch in
1995, with an initial study showing six-month, self-reported quit rates of 10% and 17%(with a …

BACKGROUND: In Canada, smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death.
Family physicians and nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to initiate smoking …

Health care delivery systems are critical components of tobacco cessation efforts. This
review summarizes recent evidence in support of the health care system recommendations …

Methods The CURE project is a hospital-wide tobacco addiction treatment service piloted in
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK. The core components of the project are electronic …

Methods In November 2003, a survey of tobacco control practices and policies in health
insurance plans was conducted by America's Health Insurance Plans' national technical …

The negative health effects of tobacco use are legion, claiming over 400,000 lives in the
United States each year, and many more in the rest of the world. Although tobacco use is …