Best practice tobacco free guidelines and tools
This section contains international guidelines to support best practice in tobacco free policy development.
It is not a comprehensive list. If you have suggestions for inclusion, please contact the Global Network Coordinating Centre.
World Health Organisation guidelines (and Cochrane Reviews)
- The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control website
- The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – Overview
- The Guidelines for Implementation of Article 14 (demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation)
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WHO: Policy recommendations for smoking cessation and treatment of tobacco dependence
- Cochrane Reviews: Tobacco Addiction Group: http://tobacco.cochrane.org/evidence
The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group produces up-to-date systematic reviews of interventions for the cessation and prevention of tobacco use.
Other international guidelines (in alphabetical order)
Australia
- Tobacco in Australia: Facts and issues (2021)
- Department of Health- Clinical Practice Guidelines Pregnancy Care (2019)
- Quit Victoria – Going Smokefree: A Guide for Health Services
- RACGP - Supporting smoking cessation: a guide for health professionals (second edition 2020)
- SANE Australia – SANE Smokefree Guidelines: Best practice in staying smokefree for mental health NGOs (non-government organisations) (2011)
- Government of Western Australia, Department of Health: Guidelines for management, compliance and enforcement of a smoke-free workplace
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Government of Western Australia: Guidelines for the development of Smoke Free WA Health System Policy communication strategies
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Government of Western Australia: Guidelines for assisting nicotine dependant staff
Canada
- CAN-ADAPTT – Canadian Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline (2012)
- Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario – Integrating Tobacco Interventions into Daily Practice (2017)
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Best Practices for Clinical Smoking Cessation in Canada (2012)
Europe
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention – European Smoking Cessation Guildelines (2020)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK – Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation in primary care and other settings (2006)
India
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India - national Guidelines for Tobacco Cessation
Ireland
- How to implement a 'Health Services Executive Tobacco Free Campus Policy" (2016)
Maldives
- National Tobacco Cessation Toolkit (5A & 5Rs) for all doctors and health professionals
New Zealand
- NZ Ministry of Health – The New Zealand Guidelines for Helping People to Stop Smoking (2014)
Singapore
- Health Promotion Board / MOH Singapore - Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guidelines (2013)
South Africa
- CANSA - SA Tobacco Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline (2014)
United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK - Stop smoking interventions and services (2018)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK - Smoking: supporting people to stop (2014)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK - Stop Smoking Services (2013)
- Local Stop Smoking Services: Service and Delivery Guidance (2014)
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK - Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services (2013)
United States of America
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (2014)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Best Practices User Guide: Health Equity in Tobacco Prevention and Control (2015)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Preventing Initiation of Tobacco Use: Outcome Indicators for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (2014)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Using Health Systems Change to Increase Tobacco Cessation Frequently Asked Questions (2014)
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America –Tobacco Use Prevention Toolkit (online resource)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials – Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs at the Local Level (2015)
- University of Colorado – DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Toolkit for Healthcare Providers (2013)
- US Department of Health and Human Services – Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update