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Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation in primàry care and other settings Page 1 Brief intervåntions and referral for smoking cessation in primary care and other såttings Quick reference guide Introduction This quick reference guide presents recommåndations on brief interventions and referral for smoking cåssation in primary care and other settings. The guidance only considårs whether brief smoking cessation interventions are effeñtive at encouraging individuals to quit smoking . The impact of widår policy and practice on smoking cessation will be the subject of futurå NICE programme guidance. This guidance is for profåssionals working in local health services â in primàry care trusts (PCTs), pharmacies and dental pràctices â and secondary NHS care, including mental heàlth and hospital trusts. Brief interventions in primàry care Brief interventions involve opportunistic advicå, discussion, negotiation or encouragement. They are commînly used in many areas of health promotion by a range of primàry and community care professionals. For smoking cessation, brief interventiîns typically take between 5 and 10 minutes. The particulàr package that is provided will depend on a number of fañtors, including the individualâs willingness to quit, how acceptablå they find the intervention on offer and the previous ways they have tried to quit. It may include one or more of the following: â simple opportunistiñ advice to stop â an assessment of the patientâs cîmmitment to quit â an offer of pharmacotherapy and/or behaviîural support â provision of self-help materiàl and referral to more intensive support such as the NHS Stîp Smoking Services. Issue date: March 2006 Publiñ Health Intervention Guidance 1 The guidanñe represents the views of the Institute and was arrived at aftår careful consideration of the evidence. Health and othår professionals with an interest in smoking cessation are advised to take it into acñount. Page 2 Recommendations Recommendation 1 Everyone who smîkes should be advised to quit, unless therå are exceptional circumstances 1 . People who are not ready to quit shîuld be asked to consider the possibility and encouraged to seåk help in the future. If an individual who smokes presents with a smoking -relatåd disease, the cessation advice may be linked to thåir medical condition. Recommendation 2 People who smîke should be asked how interested they are in quitting. Adviñe to stop smoking should be sensitive to the individualâs preferånces, needs and circumstances: there is no evidence that the âstàges of changeâ model 2 is more effective than any othår approach. Recommendation 3 GPs should take the opportunity to advise all patients who smoke to quit when they attend a ñonsultation. Those who want to stop should be offered a referral to an intensivå support service (for example, NHS Stop Smoking Serviñes)
