Evidence reviews
Evidence review 2025
In 2025, we reviewed the evidence in the following area. We made a new recommendation and made changes to some existing recommendations (labelled 2025).
Evidence review 2022
In 2022, we reviewed the evidence in the following area and made recommendations (labelled 2021, amended 2022):
Evidence reviews 2021
In 2021, we reviewed the evidence in the following areas and made recommendations (labelled 2021):
- A and B: mass media and prevention
- C and D: reducing proxy purchasing of tobacco and reducing illicit supply of tobacco
- E: Smokefree Class competitions
- F and G: e-cigarettes and young people
- H: opt-out stop smoking support
- I: incentives during pregnancy
- J: nicotine replacement therapies and e-cigarettes in pregnancy
- K: cessation and harm reduction treatments
- K: cessation and harm reduction treatments (Appendices)
- L : barriers and facilitators to using e-cigarettes for cessation or harm reduction
- M: long-term health effects of e-cigarettes
- N: smoking relapse prevention
- O: tailored interventions for those with mental health conditions
Evidence reviews 2018
These evidence reviews support the [2018] and [2018, amended 2021] recommendations.
NG92
- NG92 Evidence review A: Stop smoking services
- NG92 Evidence review B: Interventions to aid smoking cessation: behavioural support and pharmacotherapy
- NG92 Evidence review C: Advice on e-cigarettes on general sale
- NG92 Evidence review D: Digital media as an adjunct
- NG92 Evidence review E: Advice
- 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
- NG92 Appendix B: Review protocol
- NG92 Appendix C: Search strategies
- NG92 Economic modelling report
Evidence reviews 2013
These evidence reviews support the [2013] and [2013, amended 2021] recommendations.
PH48
- PH48 Evidence statements
- PH48 Economic analysis of smoking cessation in secondary care
- PH48 Review of cost effectiveness
- PH48 Combined evidence reviews (reviews 1 to 7, including appendices)
- PH48 Review 1 – Review of effects of nicotine in secondary care
- PH48 Review 2 – Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in acute and maternity services
- PH48 Review 3 – Barriers & facilitators for smoking cessation interventions in acute and maternity services
- PH48 Review 4 – Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in mental health services
- PH48 Review 4 – Appendices
- PH48 Review 5 – Barriers & facilitators for smoking cessation interventions in mental health services
- PH48 Review 5 – Appendices
- PH48 Review 6 – Effectiveness of smokefree strategies in secondary care settings
- PH48 Review 6 – Appendices
- PH48 Review 7 – Barriers & facilitators for smokefree strategies and interventions in secondary care
- PH48 Review 7 – Appendices
- PH48 Combined expert papers (papers 1 to 8)
- PH48 Expert paper 1 – Stop smoking interventions in secondary care – final report
- PH48 Expert paper 2 – Streamlined secondary care system – project report
- PH48 Expert paper 3 – Bedside interventions for smoking cessation RCT of systematic identification and treatment
- PH48 Expert paper 4 – Association between smoking and mental disorders
- PH48 Expert paper 5 – Prevalence of smoking in people with mental health problems
- PH48 Expert paper 6 – Ethical issues for smoking cessation and smokefree policies
- PH48 Expert paper 7 – Smoking and mental disorder
- PH48 Expert paper 8 – SLaM NHS Foundation Trust Smoke-free pilot
PH45
- PH45 Evidence review 1 - Safety, risk and pharmacokinetics profiles of tobacco harm reduction
- PH45 Evidence review 2 - Effectiveness of cut down to quit approaches
- PH45 Evidence review 3 - Effectiveness of long term reduction approaches
- PH45 Evidence review 3 - Appendices
- PH45 Evidence review 4 - Barriers and facilitators to implementing tobacco harm reduction approaches
- PH45 Evidence review 4 - Appendices
- PH45 Evidence review 5 - Long term use of non-tobacco nicotine containing products in individuals who have quit smoking abruptly
- PH45 Expert paper 1 - Electronic cigarettes
- PH45 Expert paper 2 - Effectiveness of NRT for smoking reduction or temporary abstinence
- PH45 Expert paper 3 - Routes to Quit Pilots (final report March 2012)
- PH45 Expert paper 4 - Harm reduction - Views from a smoker's panel
- PH45 Expert paper 5 - Smokefree mental health review
- PH45 Expert paper 6 - Prison tobacco policy
- PH45 Expert paper 7 - Tobacco harm reduction - Mapping the ripples
- PH45 Expert paper 8a - E-cigarettes - views from UK smoking cessation practitioners
- PH45 Expert paper 8b - E-cigarette use in Great Britain - 2010 and 2012 (ASH briefing)
- PH45 Economic evaluation
- PH45 Economic evaluation review
- PH45 Economic supplementary analysis
- PH45 Fieldwork report
Evidence reviews 2012
These evidence reviews support the [2012] and [2012, amended 2021] recommendations.
PH39
Evidence reviews 2010
These evidence reviews support the [2010] and [2010, amended 2021] recommendations.
PH26
- PH26 Evidence statements
- PH26 Systematic review
- PH26 Expert report 1: Effectiveness of interventions during pregnancy – briefing paper
- PH26 Expert report 2: Interventions to improve partner support and partner cessation during pregnancy
- PH26 Expert report 3: Rapid review of interventions to prevent relapse in pregnant ex-smokers
- PH26 Fieldwork report
- PH26 Economic analysis review
PH23
- PH23 Evidence update – 2013
- PH23 Quantitative effectiveness review
- PH23 Review of qualitative literature
- PH23 Economic modelling
- PH23 Fieldwork – practitioners
- PH23 Fieldwork – young people
Evidence reviews 2008
These evidence reviews support the [2008] and [2008, amended 2021] recommendations.
PH14
- PH14 Fieldwork report
- PH14 Focus group report
- PH14 Review of effectiveness
- PH14 Review of cost-effectiveness
- PH14 Economic modelling report
PH10
- PH10 Cost effectiveness model economic analysis of interventions for pregnant women
- PH10 Economic modelling report
- PH10 ‘Cut down to quit’ systematic review of effectiveness and economic analysis
- PH10 Mass media interventions effectiveness review
- PH10 Mass media interventions cost effectiveness supplementary report
- PH10 Mass media interventions fieldwork report
- PH10 Mass media interventions report 2
- PH10 Impact of quitlines on smoking cessation
- PH10 Rapid review of non-NHS treatments for smoking cessation
- PH10 Effectiveness of NHS intensive treatments for smoking cessation
- PH10 Workplace policies for smoking cessation
Evidence reviews 2007
These evidence reviews support the [2007] recommendations.
PH5
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