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Smoking cessation - Management
Overview of management
- Advise people who smoke of the benefits of quitting and ask if they want help to quit.
- For people who want to stop smoking refer to an intensive support service, such as NHS Stop Smoking Services.
- For adults who do not want referral:
- Offer practical advice and follow up to help them stop smoking.
- Offer drug treatment with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), bupropion, or varenicline to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
- For pregnant or breastfeeding women who do not want referral:
- Offer practical advice and follow up to help them stop smoking.
- Advise stopping without using any drug treatment for women who feel confident they can manage without.
- Advise stopping smoking with NRT for women who cannot manage without.
- For children over the age of 12 years who do not want referral:
- Offer practical advice and follow up to help them stop smoking.
- Advise stopping smoking completely, supported by the use of NRT.
- For someone who does not want to stop smoking:
- Record their smoking status and review once a year, where possible.
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