Manual of Smoking Cessation

Andy McEwen is Senior Research Nurse at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London. His current research includes surveys of smokers and health professionals, pharmacokinetic studies on nicotine delivery systems and clinical trials of behavioural treatments; he also retains an interest in nursing research. In 1997 he began his clinical and academic career in smoking cessation with Robert West. In 2003 he took up his current post and is Director of the Smoking Cessation Services Research Network (SCSRN) and Programme Director of the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference (UKNSCC).

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.

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 of stopping. 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 in quitting. 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 oriented treatment. 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