A national strategy for smoking cessation treatment in England
AddictionPublished 7 March 2005Open access
Ann McNeill, Martin Raw, Janet Whybrow, Patsy Bailey
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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, which are the subject of the remaining papers in this supplement.
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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.
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