Nurses' role in promoting and supporting smoking cessation.
Smoking is one of the biggest threats to public health, costing more than 120,000 lives per year in the UK alone (Peto et al, 2004). Helping smokers give up is one of the most effective health interventions and nurses are in a unique position to fill that role.
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006293:Health Promotion; D009726:Nurses; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom