Smoking cessation: evidence based recommendations for the healthcare system

Editorial by Coleman et al This article summarises the new Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Health Professionals, published in full in Thorax ,1 along with guidance on the cost effectiveness of interventions for smoking cessation.2 The purpose of the guidelines is to recommend and promote the integration of effective and cost effective interventions into routine clinical care throughout the healthcare system, and they are aimed at health commissioners, managers, and clinicians. They are the first professionally endorsed, evidence and consensus based guidelines on smoking cessation for the English healthcare system. At the time of going to press the full guidelines have been endorsed by more than 20organisations (see box). ### Summary points ### Professional endorsement Each …