Objective. To assess the prevalence of motivation and behaviours relating to smoking
cessation and attempts at harm minimization and the stability of these over a 1‐year period; …

Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of a brief smoking cessation intervention with pregnant
women practicable routinely by midwives. Design. Midwives were randomized to deliver the …

Background Legislation is one of the most powerful weapons for improving population
health and is often used by policy and decision makers. Little research exists to guide them …

The authors present a case study examining the potential for policies to be “evidence-
based.” To what extent is it possible to say that a decision to implement a complex social …

Background The need to make best use of limited resources in the English National Health
Service is now greater than ever. This paper contributes to this endeavour by synthesizing …

Objective To quantify the prevalence and characteristics of hardcore smokers in England.
Design Cross sectional survey. Setting Interview in respondents9 household. Participants …

The dangers of smoking during pregnancy are widely established. 1 The Health of the
Nation set the following target:“In addition to the overall reduction in [smoking] prevalence, at …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a telephone helpline (Quitline) with additional support
(written information) on callers who use the service during a mass media campaign …

Background A review of economic evaluations of public health interventions assessed by
NICE between 2005 and 2010 found 85% were cost-effective. Owen et al.(The cost …

Introduction. We describe a simplified distributional cost-effectiveness analysis based on
aggregate data to estimate the health inequality impact of public health interventions …