Smokers are being left without support to quit as figures show that the number of prescriptions for stop smoking aids in England have dropped by 75% in the last decade.
The number of adult smokers in England has dropped by around 1.6m, the latest Government figures show.
New guidance on the safe use of rechargeable e-cigarettes has been published by the National Fire Chiefs Council.
A major new report from the Royal College of Physicians calls for everyone working in the health service to identify smokers and help them to quit, a policy supported by PCRS.
Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day and PCRS-UK has a new resource you can use to help your patients to quit.
PCRS-UK has published a new tobacco dependency resource which supports the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to help people quit tobacco smoking.
PCRS-UK are in the process of developing a pragmatic guide for clinicians focusing on the diagnosis and management of tobacco dependency.
PCRS-UK believes that treating tobacco dependency is the business of every healthcare professional. This is because treating tobacco dependency is the single most cost-effective intervention for the prevention of smoking-related disease and for smokers who have smoking-related diseases.
NHS England has launched the NHS Smokefree Pledge, an update to the NHS Statement of Support for Tobacco Control.
The annual Stoptober campaign in England is embracing e-cigarettes for the first time and will feature vaping in its TV adverts.
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People living with respiratory disease require a significant amount of support, guidance and intervention to manage their condition effectively. These interventions need to be delivered by clinicians with an appropriate level of expertise in this field.
PCRS-UK welcomes the Government’s new Tobacco Control Plan for England, “Towards a Smokefree Generation”, published this week. By 2022 the plan aims to:
The 1st July 2017 marks the tenth anniversary of the most important public health reform in generations – the ending of smoking in enclosed public places in England. This would be a great opportunity to focus on helping your patients to quit smoking.
A new position statement on treating tobacco dependency in primary care has been published by the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). The paper reinforces the key messages of the PCRS-UK tobacco dependency campaign which are:
World No Tobacco Day is a day designated by the World Health Organisation to highlight the health and additional risks associated with tobacco use.