title: A national strategy for smoking cessation treatment in England.
abstract: In 1998 the UK government published a White Paper on tobacco which set out the development of smoking cessation treatment services across England. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the events leading up to the inclusion of smoking cessation treatment services within the White Paper, and the background to the evaluation of those services, the results of which are the subject of the remaining papers in this supplement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK. annmcneill@clara.co.uk
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raw
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whybrow
authors.forename: Patsy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006266:Health Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration