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What is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases?

Bogdanovica, Ilze; Agrawal, Sanjay; Gregory, Benjamin; Britton, John; Leonardi-Bee, Jo

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Authors

Sanjay Agrawal

Benjamin Gregory

John Britton

JO LEONARDI-BEE jo.leonardi-bee@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Evidence Synthesis



Abstract

Smoking is a major risk factor for a range of diseases, and quitting smoking provides considerable benefits to health. It therefore follows that clinical guidelines on disease management, particularly for diseases caused by smoking, should include smoking cessation. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which this is the case. We conducted a systematic review investigating clinical guidelines and recommendations issued by UK national or European transnational medical speciality associations and societies issued between 2000 and 2012 on a range of diseases caused by smoking. We then investigated whether selected guidelines contained reference to smoking cessation and smoking cessation advice. Although the extent to which smoking and smoking cessation was mentioned in the guidelines varied between diseases, only 60% of guidelines identified recognised that smoking is a risk factor for the development of the disease and 40% recommended smoking cessation. Only 19% of guidelines provided detailed information on how to deliver smoking cessation support. Smoking cessation is not comprehensively addressed in current UK and transnational European clinical practice guidelines and recommendations.

Citation

Bogdanovica, I., Agrawal, S., Gregory, B., Britton, J., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2015). What is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases?. Clinical Medicine, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-546

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 1, 2015
Publication Date Dec 1, 2015
Deposit Date Oct 26, 2016
Publicly Available Date Oct 26, 2016
Journal Clinical Medicine
Print ISSN 1470-2118
Electronic ISSN 1473-4893
Publisher Royal College of Physicians
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 6
DOI https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-546
Keywords Smoking, smoking cessation, guidelines, systematic review
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/764793
Publisher URL http://www.clinmed.rcpjournal.org/content/15/6/546
Contract Date Oct 26, 2016

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