title: Developing a joined up approach to smoking cessation in primary and secondary care.
abstract: Nurses are well placed to give patients help and advice on giving up smoking. This article describes how a groundbreaking nurse led project has increased referrals to smoking cessation services and encouraged thousands of patients to quit. It discusses the importance of healthcare professionals working together to support patients to stop smoking and the need for training to ensure staff are engaged with the "quit journey".
authors.affiliation: Brighton and Hove Smoking Cessation Service.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fairhurst
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D006113:United Kingdom