Background and aims Proactive brief cessation advice by a lay counsellor combined with a
referral to a smoking cessation service (active referral) is effective in increasing service use …

Background Most smokers do not use smoking cessation (SC) services although it increases
successful quits. Passive referral providing SC information to smokers is commonly used in …

Background Many smokers do not use existing free or low-cost smoking cessation services,
cost-effective interventions to increase use are needed. Methods We did a 2-armed cluster …

Aim Aims were to test the effectiveness of an organizational change intervention integrating
smoking cessation treatment into usual alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment, compared …

Aims To establish whether proactively identifying all smokers in primary care populations
and offering smoking cessation support is effective in increasing long‐term abstinence from …

Introduction Behavioral smoking cessation programs are an effective tool for quitting
smoking, yet remain underused by smokers. Proactive referral may be a promising strategy …

Importance Most smoking cessation (SC) clinics are costly, passive, and underused.
Objective To compare the SC effect of a combined intervention involving brief, model-guided …

Introduction Population-based smoking-cessation services tend to preferentially benefit high-
SES smokers, potentially exacerbating disparities. Interventions that include proactive …

Introduction. Effective smoking cessation treatment requires active patient engagement. This
may be particularly important for rural smokers who have less access to smoking cessation …

Background and objective. GPs are an important source of smoking cessation advice. This
research examined whether a model encouraging GP referral of patients who smoke to a …