Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Q: Cytisinicline for smoking cessation (PDF 1.39 MB)

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  04 February 2025

• P: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Allen Carr’s Easyway (PDF 1.41 MB)

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  04 August 2022

• Evidence reviews

• PH14 Fieldwork report (PDF 684 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Focus group report (PDF 1.6 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Review of effectiveness (PDF 2.71 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Review of cost-effectiveness (PDF 535 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Economic modelling report (PDF 1.42 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Cost effectiveness model economic analysis of interventions for pregnant women  (PDF 1.5 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Economic modelling report (PDF 2.94 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 ‘Cut down to quit’ systematic review of effectiveness and economic analysis (PDF 2.66 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Mass media interventions effectiveness review  (PDF 3 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Mass media interventions cost effectiveness supplementary report  (PDF 144 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Mass media interventions fieldwork report (PDF 999 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Mass media interventions report 2 (PDF 844 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Impact of quitlines on smoking cessation (PDF 449 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Rapid review of non-NHS treatments for smoking cessation (PDF 4.05 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Effectiveness of NHS intensive treatments for smoking cessation (PDF 3 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Workplace policies for smoking cessation (PDF 2.46 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• A & B: Mass media and prevention (PDF 1.08 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• C & D: Reducing proxy purchasing of tobacco and reducing illicit supply of tobacco (PDF 902 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• E: Smokefree Class Competitions (PDF 1.17 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• F & G: E-cigarettes and young people (PDF 1.75 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• H: Opt-out stop smoking support (PDF 1.19 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• I: Incentives during pregnancy (PDF 1.41 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• J: Nicotine replacement therapies and e-cigarettes in pregnancy: update (PDF 2.35 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• K: Cessation and harm-reduction treatments (PDF 1.31 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• K: Cessation and harm-reduction treatments (Appendices) (PDF 3.14 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• L: Barriers and facilitators to using e-cigarettes for cessation or harm reduction (PDF 1015 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• M: Long-term health effects of e-cigarettes (PDF 715 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• N: Smoking relapse prevention (PDF 2.14 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• O: Tailored interventions for those with mental health conditions (PDF 1.18 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Evidence review A: Stop smoking services (PDF 293 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Evidence review B: Interventions to aid smoking cessation: behavioural support and pharmacotherapy (PDF 377 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Evidence review C: Advice on e-cigarettes on general sale (PDF 271 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Evidence review D: Digital media as an adjunct (PDF 273 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Evidence review E: Advice (PDF 280 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Appendices A: Methodology, D: Evidence tables, E: Excluded studies, F: Expert testimonies, G: Quality assessment tools, H: Quality assessment appraisal, I: Committee membership and Declarations of interest (PDF 1.64 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Appendix B: Review protocol (PDF 964 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Appendix C: Search strategies (PDF 1.04 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• NG92 Economic modelling report (PDF 1.93 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Evidence statements (PDF 703 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Economic analysis of smoking cessation in secondary care (PDF 2.57 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review of cost effectiveness (PDF 1.3 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Combined evidence reviews (reviews 1 to 7, including appendices) (PDF 18.26 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 1: Review of effects of nicotine in secondary care (PDF 2.16 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 2: Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in acute and maternity services  (PDF 4.11 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 3: Barriers and facilitators for smoking cessation interventions in acute and maternity services (PDF 1.24 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 4: Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in mental health services (PDF 1.37 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 4: Appendices (PDF 1.36 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 5: Barriers and facilitators for smoking cessation interventions in mental health services (PDF 1.54 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 5: Appendices (PDF 1.5 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 6: Effectiveness of smokefree strategies in secondary care settings (PDF 1.93 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 6: Appendices (PDF 1.37 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 7: Barriers and facilitators for smokefree strategies and interventions in secondary care (PDF 1.51 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Review 7: Appendices (PDF 1.52 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Combined expert papers (papers 1 to 8) (PDF 2.78 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 1: Stop smoking interventions in secondary care – final report (PDF 609 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 2: Streamlined secondary care system – project report (PDF 542 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 3: Bedside interventions for smoking cessation RCT of systematic identification and treatment (PDF 354 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 4: Association between smoking and mental disorders (PDF 439 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 5: Prevalence of smoking in people with mental health problems (PDF 374 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 6: Ethical issues for smoking cessation and smokefree policies (PDF 286 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 7: Smoking and mental disorder (PDF 249 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Expert paper 8: SLaM NHS Foundation Trust Smoke-free pilot (PDF 873 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Economic evaluation (PDF 667 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Economic evaluation review (PDF 1.88 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Economic supplementary analysis (PDF 266 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 1 - Safety, risk and pharmacokinetics profiles of tobacco harm reduction (PDF 2.56 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 2 - Effectiveness of cut down to quit approaches (PDF 1014 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 3 - Effectiveness of long term reduction approaches (PDF 1.07 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 3 - Appendices (PDF 1.3 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 4 - Barriers and facilitators to implementing tobacco harm reduction approaches (PDF 1.03 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 4 - Appendices (PDF 886 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Evidence review 5 - Long term use of non-tobacco nicotine containing products in individuals who have quit smoking abruptly (PDF 701 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 1 - Electronic cigarettes (PDF 221 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 2 - Effectiveness of NRT for smoking reduction or temporary abstinence (PDF 595 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 3 - Routes to Quit Pilots (final report March 2012) (PDF 1.39 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 4 - Harm reduction - Views from a smoker's panel (PDF 152 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 5 - Smokefree mental health review (PDF 428 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 6 - Prison tobacco policy (PDF 95 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 7 - Tobacco harm reduction - Mapping the ripples (PDF 541 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 8a - E-cigarettes - views from UK smoking cessation practitioners (PDF 242 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Expert paper 8b - E-cigarette use in Great Britain - 2010 and 2012 (ASH briefing) (PDF 488 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH45 Fieldwork report (PDF 673 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH39 Evidence reviews 1 and 2 (PDF 1.98 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH39 Fieldwork report (PDF 787 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH39 Cost effectiveness modelling report (PDF 1.6 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Fieldwork report (PDF 1.41 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Economic analysis review (PDF 333 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Expert report 1: Effectiveness of interventions during pregnancy – briefing paper (PDF 722 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Expert report 2: Interventions to improve partner support and partner cessation during pregnancy (PDF 959 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Expert report 3: Rapid review of interventions to prevent relapse in pregnant ex-smokers (PDF 678 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Systematic review (PDF 1.64 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Evidence update – 2013 (PDF 627 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Quantitative effectiveness review (PDF 2.93 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Review of qualitative literature (PDF 288 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Economic modelling (PDF 532 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Fieldwork – practitioners (PDF 851 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Fieldwork – young people (PDF 411 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 evidence statements

• PH5 Economic modelling report (PDF 1.11 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH5 Effectiveness review (PDF 1.24 MB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH5 Supplementary economic report (PDF 381 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Surveillance report

• 2024 exceptional surveillance of tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NICE guideline NG209)

• Appendix A: Summary of results from search for published studies (PDF 147 KB)

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  21 February 2024

• Appendix B: Equality and health inequalities assessment (PDF 169 KB)

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  21 February 2024

• 2023 exceptional surveillance of tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NICE guideline NG209)

• Appendix A: Equality and health inequalities assessment (PDF 192 KB)

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  21 February 2023

• 2020 exceptional surveillance of stop smoking interventions and services (NICE guideline NG92)

• Appendix 1: PH45 evidence summary (PDF 384 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Appendix 2: PH48 evidence summary (PDF 303 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Surveillance report 2017 – Smoking: harm reduction (2013) NICE guideline PH45 and Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services (2013) NICE guideline PH48

• Other supporting evidence

• Summary of deleted and amended recommendations (PDF 242 KB)

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  07 December 2021

• NG209 Methods (PDF 245 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Full guidance

• Guideline NG92 – March 2018

• NG92 Stop smoking interventions and services guideline (March 2018) (PDF 210 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Guideline PH39 – September 2012

• PH39 Smokeless tobacco: South Asian communities guideline (September 2012) (PDF 273 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Guideline PH23– February 2010 and guideline PH26 – June 2010

• PH23 Smoking prevention in schools guideline (February 2010) (PDF 234 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Smoking: stopping in pregnancy and after childbirth guideline (June 2010) (PDF 404 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Guideline PH10 – February 2008 and guideline PH14 – July 2008

• PH10 Stop smoking services (February 2008) (PDF 318 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Smoking: preventing uptake in children and young people (July 2008) (PDF 224 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Guideline PH5 – April 2007

• PH5 Workplace interventions to promote smoking cessation guideline - 2007 (PDF 169 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Guideline PH45 – June 2013 and guideline PH48 – November 2013

• PH45 Smoking: harm reduction guideline (June 2013) (Word 131 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH48 Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services guideline (November 2013) (Word 116 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• Review decision

• PH5 Review decision 2 – 2014  (PDF 223 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH5 Review decision 1 – 2011 (PDF 137 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH10 Review decision – 2011 (PDF 61 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Review decision – 2011 (PDF 218 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH14 Review decision – 2014 (PDF 213 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH23 Review decision – 2013 (PDF 314 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Review decision – 2013 (PDF 247 KB)

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  30 November 2021

• PH26 Review decision – 2015 (PDF 235 KB)

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  30 November 2021