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Smoking cessation part 1: brief interventions

03 October 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article focuses on the national recommendations for brief interventions in smoking cessation advice and discusses how these guidelines can be incorporated into...

Cigarette smoking cessation using family interventions

01 March 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

There has been little done to offer consistent support to people with schizophrenia to stop smoking. A case study is used to show how specialist advice and the use...

Children and secondhand smoke: not just a community issue

01 March 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Secondhand smoke (formerly referred to as passive smoke) is the involuntary breathing of other people’s tobacco smoke. Many of the 5,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke...

Are mental health nurses natural smoking cessation practitioners?

11 November 2015

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

People who have mental health problems have higher morbidity and mortality rates than the general population in the UK and they are particularly vulnerable to...

Brief interventions and referrals on smoking cessation

01 June 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

This article assesses the impact of brief intervention and referral for smoking cessation on the smoking habits of people with mental health problems in a community...

Use of smoking cessation therapies in adult mental health settings

23 December 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Smoking is more prevalent among people with mental health issues than among the general population. This article discusses a smoking cessation programme, including...

Attitudes to smoking and smoking cessation among nurses

28 October 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article presents a literature review on smoking rates among nurses and the nursing role in promoting smoking cessation worldwide. Findings included wide...

Supporting smoking cessation and dietary change

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article, the fourth of eight in the health promotion series, aims to help nurses support clients make changes in their smoking and dietary behaviours.

Brief interventions to reduce tobacco-related diseases

19 March 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Tobacco-related diseases are a major threat to public health in the UK. High levels of morbidity and mortality for users of tobacco and those exposed to tobacco...

Promoting health: a smoking cessation case study

28 September 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the health promotion activity that took place between a nursing student and a male patient to address his expressed wish to stop smoking....