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Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals

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Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals
  1. Table of contents
    1. About this guideline
    2. Introduction to smoking cessation
    3. Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
    4. Behavioural and advice-based support for smoking cessation
    5. Smoking cessation for high-prevalence groups
    6. Tobacco harm reduction
  1. Figures and tables
  2. Supplementary material
    1. Disclaimer
    2. Resources for health professionals
    3. Acknowledgements
  3. Recommendations
  4. Provided under licence

Last revised: 29 Sep 2021

Disclaimer

The information set out in this publication is current at the date of first publication and is intended for use as a guide of a general nature only and may or may not be relevant to particular patients or circumstances.

Acknowledgements

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of the following authors and reviewers of this guideline

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