Manual of Smoking Cessation (eBook)

Andy McEwen is Senior Research Nurse at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London. His current research includes surveys of smokers and health professionals, pharmacokinetic studies on nicotine delivery systems and clinical trials of behavioural treatments; he also retains an interest in nursing research. In 1997 he began his clinical and academic career in smoking cessation with Robert West. In 2003 he took up his current post and is Director of the Smoking Cessation Services Research Network (SCSRN) and Programme Director of the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference (UKNSCC). Peter Hajek is Professor of Clinical Psychology, Head of Psychology, and Director of Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London. His research is concerned primarily with understanding smoking behaviour, and developing and evaluating smoking cessation treatments. He has authored or co-authored over 200 publications, holds various academic and editorial appointments, and had input into the UK Government's initiative to establish smoking cessation services. His Unit is involved in examining both behavioural and pharmacological interventions, and in offering treatment to dependent smokers who seek help. Dr Hayden McRobbie is a Research Fellow at the Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland, New Zealand where he specialises in smoking cessation research and treatment. He studied medicine at the University of Otago and after a several years in clinical medicine he moved to London to work with Professor Peter Hajek. He worked on a large number of projects and clinical trails looking at ways to help people stop smoking, as well pharmacological and behavioural methods that alleviate the symptoms of tobacco withdrawal. In New Zealand Hayden continues his research into treatment to help people stop smoking and retains close links with the UK where he is a Visiting Lecturer at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Programme Director of the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference. Robert West is Director of Tobacco Studies at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London. He has been researching tobacco and nicotine dependence since 1982 and has published more than 250 scientific works. His research involves surveys of smoking patterns, clinical trials of aids to smoking cessation and laboratory studies of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. He is co-author of the English National Smoking Cessation Guidelines that provided the blueprint for the English Stop Smoking Services and is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Addiction.

About the Authors.

Acknowledgements.

Statements of Professional Interest.

Foreword.

Introduction.

Part 1: Essential Information.

Chapter 1: Smoking demographics.

1.1 Smoking patterns.

1.2 Smoking cessation.

1.3 Sources for updating prevalence statistics.

1.4 Multiple choice questions.

Chapter 2: The health risks of smoking and the benefits of
stopping.

2.1 Smoking mortality.

2.2 Smoking morbidity.

2.3 Health benefits of smoking cessation.

2.4 Sources for updating health information and statistics.

2.5 Multiple choice questions.

Part 2: Practical Advice.

Chapter 3: Brief interventions.

3.1 Assessment and recording of smoking status.

3.2 Advising smokers to stop and assessing interest in
quitting.

3.3 Compensatory smoking.

3.4 Reasons why stopping smoking can be difficult.

3.5 Treatment to help with stopping smoking.

3.6 Referral to local services.

3.7 Wider context.

3.8 Multiple choice questions.

Chapter 4: Intensive one-to-one support and advice.

4.1 Smoking cessation treatments and their outcome.

4.2 Assessment.

4.3 Pharmacotherapy.

4.4 Behavioural support - withdrawal oriented
treatment.

4.5 Monitoring.

4.6 Multiple choice questions.

Chapter 5: Telephone counselling.

5.1 Recruiting smokers into treatment by telephone.

5.2 Behavioural support by telephone.

5.3 Multiple choice questions.

Chapter 6: Group interventions.

6.1 Recruitment and assessment.

6.2 Treatment programme for groups.

6.3 Group treatment content.

6.4 Monitoring and follow-up.

6.5 Multiple choice questions.

Answers to multiple choice questions.

Appendices

'In summary, West has written an important book about addiction. It is written by a researcher who knows the addiction area very well. Throughout the book the reader is exposed to a vast number of useful observations, in particular related to smoking cessation, which is his main research area. The review and evaluation of existing theories...from rational choice theories to neurobiological theories is amazing in terms of pinpointing their essence and shortcomings. The theoretical aims are timely, refreshing, ambitious and above all challenging. It opens up a new way of looking at addiction and has the potential to move the field of addiction a considerable leap forward.
Thus we wholeheartedly would like to recommend the book for students as well as scholars. Read and learn!'
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Vol 24, 2007

'The book provides a comprehensive review of existing theories - over 30 in all - and this synthesis of theories constitutes an important contribution in and of itself...West is to be commended for his synthesis of addiction theories that span neurobiology, psychology and social science and for his insights into what remains unexplained.'
Addiction, Vol 101, Iss 7.

'Robert West's erudite, lucidly written Theory of Addiction takes the reader on an engaging tour of almost every significant conceptual system in the field ... West adroitly finds gold amongst the lead, adds some previous gems of his own, and presents the field with a real treasure: an integrated, useful, thought-provoking and testable theory of addition.'
Keith Humphreys, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine

'This book is a tour de force, constructing step by step a wide-ranging theory of addiction ... After summarising and assessing more than 30 previous theories, West draws on elements from economics, sociology, pharmacology and biology, along with a core of material from psychology, to put together a broad and testable theory of how people move into and out of addiction, and how social forces can affect this ... The book will serve as a point of reference for years to come.'
Robin Room, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University

'This volume is a welcome attempt at a synthesis of the plethora of theories and models that abound in the field of addiction.'
Wayne Hall, Professorial Research Fellow and Director, Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia