Manual of Smoking Cessation provides the crucial knowledge required if you are involved in helping smokers to stop. The manual provides facts, figures, suggested interventions and sources of further information to assist in providing evidence-based treatment for smokers wishing to stop. This manual covers the core content areas and key learning outcomes described in the Standard for Training in Smoking Cessation (Health Development Agency, 2003). Manual of Smoking Cessation is structured in two concise parts: Part 1 provides essential information on smoking demographics, along with the risks of smoking and the benefits of stopping; Part 2 offers a range of practical advice to implement with clients. The Smoking Cessation Manual is an essential text for all those involved in the provision of smoking cessation services, including smoking cessation counsellors, nurses, pharmacists, doctors, health promotion officers, dental professionals, and other members of the health care team. The book is an invaluable resource for those learning about smoking cessation, and a succinct aide-memoire to those already practicing in the field. The authors represent the 'who's who' in the field of smoking cessation and are affiliated to University College London and Cancer Research UK (Andy McEwen and Robert West), St Bartholomew's & Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Peter Hajek), and the University of Auckland (Hayden McRobbie).

Manual of Smoking Cessation provides the crucial knowledgerequired if you are involved in helping smokers to stop. The manualprovides facts, figures, suggested interventions and sources offurther information to assist in providing evidence-based treatmentfor smokers wishing to stop. This manual covers the core contentareas and key learning outcomes described in the Standard forTraining in Smoking Cessation (Health Development Agency, 2003).Manual of Smoking Cessation is structured in two concise parts:Part 1 provides essential information on smoking demographicsalong with the risks of smoking and the benefits of stopping; Part2 offers a range of practical advice to implement with clients.The Smoking Cessation Manual is an essential text for all thoseinvolved in the provision of smoking cessation services, includingsmoking cessation counsellors, nurses, pharmacists, doctors, healthpromotion officers, dental professionals, and other members of thehealth care team. The book is an invaluable resource for thoselearning about smoking cessation, and a succinct aide-memoire tothose already practicing in the field.The authors represent the 'who's who' in the field of smokingcessation and are affiliated to University College London andCancer Research UK (Andy McEwen and Robert West), St Bartholomew's& Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Peter Hajek)and the University of Auckland (Hayden McRobbie).

About the Authors.Acknowledgements.Statements of Professional Interest.Foreword.Introduction.Part 1: Essential Information.Chapter 1: Smoking demographics.1.1 Smoking patterns.1.2 Smoking cessation.1.3 Sources for updating prevalence statistics.1.4 Multiple choice questions.Chapter 2: The health risks of smoking and the benefits ofstopping.2.1 Smoking mortality.2.2 Smoking morbidity.2.3 Health benefits of smoking cessation.2.4 Sources for updating health information and statistics.2.5 Multiple choice questions.Part 2: Practical Advice.Chapter 3: Brief interventions.3.1 Assessment and recording of smoking status.3.2 Advising smokers to stop and assessing interest inquitting.3.3 Compensatory smoking.3.4 Reasons why stopping smoking can be difficult.3.5 Treatment to help with stopping smoking.3.6 Referral to local services.3.7 Wider context.3.8 Multiple choice questions.Chapter 4: Intensive one-to-one support and advice.4.1 Smoking cessation treatments and their outcome.4.2 Assessment.4.3 Pharmacotherapy.4.4 Behavioural support - withdrawal orientedtreatment.4.5 Monitoring.4.6 Multiple choice questions.Chapter 5: Telephone counselling.5.1 Recruiting smokers into treatment by telephone.5.2 Behavioural support by telephone.5.3 Multiple choice questions.Chapter 6: Group interventions.6.1 Recruitment and assessment.6.2 Treatment programme for groups.6.3 Group treatment content.6.4 Monitoring and follow-up.6.5 Multiple choice questions.Answers to multiple choice questions.Appendices