title: Establishing a smoking cessation support service.
abstract: Smoking cessation clinics are developing across the UK, prompted by a new drive to establish an evidence-based service for smokers who want to quit. Described here is the launch of a smoking cessation service for cardiac rehabilitation patients in an Oxfordshire hospital. The development of a smoking support group and the role of the nurse practitioner as facilitator are also described.
authors.affiliation: John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology