Abstract

Thorax 1998;53 (Suppl 5, Part 1):S1 S1 About these guidelines These guidelines have been written in parallel Professional endorsement with guidance on the cost eVectiveness of smok- At the time of going to press the following organisations have endorsed these guidelines: ing cessation interventions, produced by the Royal College of Physicians (London), Royal Centre for Health Economics at the University College of General Practitioners, British Medi- of York. The cost eVectiveness guidance under- cal Association, Royal College of Nursing, pins these clinical guidelines and provides the Royal College of Midwives, Community Prac- economic justification for them. It is published titioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association, as the second part of this Thorax supplement. British Thoracic Society, British Lung Founda- These smoking cessation clinical guidelines are tion, National Asthma Campaign, National also published in a shorter version as a journal Primary Care Facilitators Programme, article (BMJ 1999;318: in press). National Heart Forum, British Dental Associ- The clinical guidelines have been submitted ation, British Dental Hygienists Association, to many professions for their oYcial endorse- National Pharmaceutical Association, Royal ment and support. This was not a passive Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, process and their suggestions are reflected in Action on Smoking and