title: Smoking cessation and health inequality: an equity audit.
abstract: Nurses have a vital role in undertaking brief interventions and directing patients to NHS stop smoking services. This article reports on an audit that aimed to determine whether the local NHS stop smoking service delivered a 52-week quit rate in line with the national average of 15 per cent, and to relate this finding to health inequalities.
authors.affiliation: Wyre Primary Care Trust.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome