Smoking and other forms of tobacco use are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
The effect of cigarette smoking on cardiovascular health is evident even at the lowest levels …

Background Smoking cessation advice by GPs is an effective and cost-effective intervention,
but is not implemented as widely as it could be. Aim This wide-ranging Europe-wide …

Background In the operating room, factors such as interruptions, communication failures,
team familiarity and the unpredictability of unplanned cases can prolong the length of an …

Background This paper reports on research undertaken for the King's Fund inquiry into
quality in general practice and examines the health promotion role of the general …

Aims To examine the impact of two national tobacco control interventions in the past decade
on (dispensed) prescriptions of stop‐smoking medication. Design Ecological study with …

Abstract Background. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
guidelines state that GPs should manage smokers motivated to quit by offering referral to …

Guidelines recommend that general practitioners (GPs) should advise all smoking patients
to quit and provide additional stop-smoking interventions as appropriate. This study aimed to …

Every year approximately 5.4 million people die from tobacco-related diseases, translating
to 1 in every 10 deaths among adults worldwide. 1 Approximately 80% of those deaths are …

Tobacco smoking is one the most preventable causes of death in the UK, claiming more
than 80,000 lives annually through cancers, respiratory problems and circulatory diseases. 1 …

Executive summary This paper is one of a series prepared for the inquiry into the quality of
general practice in England commissioned by The King's Fund. The specific focus of the …