World No Tobacco Day

31 May isWorld No Tobacco Day. It is organized by the World Health Organization to highlight the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. This year, the theme is on ' Tobacco and heart disease. 'In support of World No Tobacco Day, the Cochrane Library presents aSpecial Collection which highlights a selection of new or recently updated clinically relevant Cochrane Reviews that address tobacco addiction in the general population. There is free access to all reviews included.Evidently Cochrane blogs: What can nurses do to help people stop smoking? Standardised tobacco packaging: will banning branding cut down smoking?Texting 2 Quit – Using mobile phones to support people quit smokingNational smoking bans are good for your health Recent PodcastsCochrane Tobacco Addiction Group - Priority setting ReportAre there any smoking cessation programmes that can help adolescents to stop smoking?Can nicotine receptor partial agonists, including cytisine and varenicline, help people to stop smoking?Does legislation to ban smoking reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and smoking behaviour?Incentives for smoking cessationFamily-based programmes for preventing smoking by children and adolescentsMotivational interviewing for smoking cessationWorkplace interventions for smoking cessationPharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: an overview of reviewsSchool-based programmes for preventing smokingAdditional...
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