Translating evidence-based guidelines into practice: a survey of practices of commissioners and managers of the English stop smoking services

Table 2 Treatments models offered and settings in which services run according to SSS managers (n = 58)

Treatment models offered^a	% (n)
One-to-one appointments	98 (57)
Telephone advice/counselling	90 (52)
Home visits	83 (48)
Self-help materials	79 (46)
One-to-one drop-in sessions	78 (45)
Closed group programmes	69 (40)
Rolling group programmes	69 (40)
Peer led sessions	14 (8)
Settings in which services run ^{a b}
Primary care settings	93 (54)
Workplaces	90 (52)
Secondary health care settings (e.g. hospitals)	88 (51)
Voluntary sector/Local Authority premises	86 (50)
Pharmacies	86 (50)
Commercially rented venues	60 (35)
Central base exclusive to SSS	43 (25)
Availability of medications (first line)
Nicotine Replacement Therapy	100 (49)
Varenicline (Champix)	86 (42)
Bupropion (Zyban)	84 (41)
All medications	84 (41)

^a Participants could choose more than one category.
^b Groups can be ‘open (rolling)’ or ‘closed’; open groups are open to new members at each session, i.e. individuals within the same group will be at different points in their quit attempt and have different quit dates. A closed group in contrast is a group in which all members start their quit attempt together and new members cannot join after the first meeting. Drop-ins differ from one-to-one support in that they operate without fixed appointments and number and timings of sessions are less fixed (3).

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