A new paper from NHS Employers offers guidance to PCTs in commissioning pharmacy-based stop smoking services. Although clearly designed for use in smoking cessation, it may also offer a template for commissioning other services from community pharmacies.
In the latest issue of Tobacco Control (vol 18 issue 4), a team from the University of Oxford's Department of Public Health attempt to quantify the health and economic burden of smoking in the UK. (NB you will need an Athens password to access the full text of the article).
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