Quality standard
Update information
Update information
December 2022: This quality standard updates and replaces NICE's quality standards on smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction. Statements prioritised in 2013 and 2015 were replaced. The topic was identified for update following a review of quality standards. The review identified:
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updated guidance on tobacco
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that the quality standards on smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction should be combined.
Statements are marked as:
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[new 2022] if the statement covers a new area for quality improvement
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[2013, updated 2022] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2013 quality standard on smoking: supporting people to stop and has been updated
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[2015, updated 2022] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2015 quality standard on smoking: harm reduction and has been updated.
The previous versions of the quality standards for smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction are available as pdfs.