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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016

English Stop-Smoking Services: One-Year Outcomes.

Linda Bauld, Rosemary Hiscock, Fiona Dobbie, Paul Aveyard, Tim Coleman, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Hayden McRobbie, Andy McEwen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Engagement With Stop Smoking Services After Referral or Signposting: A Mixed-Methods Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  6. IQOSInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  8. Enhancing Engagement with Stop Smoking Services among Lower Socioeconomic Groups across the UK: A Qualitative Study using the Behaviour Change Wheel.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Linda BauldInstitute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. linda.bauld@stirling.ac.uk.
Rosemary HiscockUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. r.hiscock@bath.ac.uk.
Fiona DobbieInstitute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. fiona.dobbie@stir.ac.uk.
Paul AveyardUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. paul.aveyard@phc.ox.ac.uk.
Tim ColemanUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. tim.coleman@nottingham.ac.uk.
Jo Leonardi-BeeUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. jo.leonardi-bee@nottingham.ac.uk.
Hayden McRobbieUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. h.j.mcrobbie@qmul.ac.uk.
Andy McEwenUK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. andy.mcewen@ncsct.co.uk.

Funding

British Heart FoundationCancer Research UK 21557Department of Health 09/161/01Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The UK is a global leader in stop-smoking support-providing free behavioral support and cessation medication via stop smoking services (SSS) without charge to smokers. This study aimed to explore the client and service characteristics associated with abstinence 52 weeks after quitting. A prospective cohort study of 3057 SSS clients in nine different areas of England who began their quit attempt between March 2012 and March 2013 was conducted. Important determinants of long-term quitting were assessed through quit rates and multivariable logistic regression. Our results showed that the overall weighted carbon monoxide validated quit rate for clients at 52 weeks was 7.7% (95% confidence interval (CI) 6.6-9.0). The clients of advisors, whose main role was providing stop-smoking support, were more likely to quit long-term than advisors who had a generalist role in pharmacies or general practices (odds ratio (OR) 2.3 (95% CI 1.2-4.6)). Clients were more likely to achieve abstinence through group support than one-to-one support (OR 3.4 (95% CI 1.7-6.7)). Overall, one in thirteen people who set a quit date with the National Health Service (NHS) Stop-Smoking Service maintain abstinence for a year. Improving abstinence is likely to require a greater emphasis on providing specialist smoking cessation support. Results from this study suggest that over 18,000 premature deaths were prevented through longer-term smoking cessation achieved by smokers who accessed SSS in England from March 2012 to April 2013, but outcomes varied by client characteristic and the type of support provided.

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National Health ProgramsSmoking PreventionCarbon MonoxideEnglandFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioProspective StudiesSmoking CessationTobacco Use DisorderCarbon Monoxidebehavioural supportpharmacotherapysmoking cessationsmoking cessation servicesstop-smoking services

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PMID27886140
PMCPMC5201316

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