TY - JOUR T1 - Review: advice from doctors, counselling by nurses, behavioural interventions, nicotine replacement therapy, and several pharmacological treatments increase smoking cessation rates JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 13 LP - 13 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.1.13 VL - 4 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/1/13.abstract N2 - Lancaster T, Stead L, Silagy C, et al for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group.Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library.BMJ2000 Aug 5;321:355–8OpenUrlFREE Full Text QUESTION: Are smoking cessation interventions effective? Reviews were identified by searching the Cochrane Library.Reviews were selected if they included randomised controlled trials of interventions to reduce or prevent tobacco use that had ≥6 months of follow up with outcomes of sustained abstinence or point prevalence quit rates.Extracted data included interventions and outcomes.20 systematic reviews were available in the Cochrane Library. 1 review (including 31 trials and >26 000 participants who smoked) examined simple advice given by doctors during routine care and showed that the intervention increased quit rates (weighted odds ratio [OR] 1.69, 95% CI 1.45 to 1.98). Another review of individual counselling given by nurses also showed increased quit rates.Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation, in the forms of individual … ER -