Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence

How we made the decision

We check our guidelines regularly to ensure they remain up to date. Two public health tobacco guidelines from the tobacco suite of guidelines underwent surveillance in 2015/2016:

Through the surveillance process it was recognised that there is considerable overlap across the suite of tobacco guidelines but also some potential gaps. As such, it was deemed important to also consider the previous review decisions for the entire portfolio of tobacco guidelines.

For details of the process and update decisions that are available, see ensuring that published guidelines are current and accurate in developing NICE guidelines: the manual.