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Hayden McRobbie Welcome  
Peter Hajek Help with stopping smoking: Who's asking for it? Who needs it?  
Saul Shiffman Understand lapse and relapse
 
The Debate 'This house believes that six-session group treatment should be abandoned in favour of open rolling groups’
 
Jonathan Foulds Smokeless tobacco: problems and opportunities
 
John Britton 'PREPs': future or folly?
 

Ann McNeill

Harm minimisation and the role of NRT
 
Robert West Behavioural support: what is the state of the art?
 
John Hughes New medications
 
Linda Bauld
Smoking treatment and inequalities in health
 
Rachel Harrison Scotland's smoking ban: How the smoke-free battle was won
 
Andrew Hyland Smoke-free public places: implications for stop smoking services
 

Dr Amanda Amos, Reader in health promotion, public health sciences medical school, Edinburgh
Better practices for youth smoking cessation: lessons from the NHS health Scotland/ASH Scotland young people and smoking cessation pilot programme

Paul Aveyard, Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham
Glucose, St John's Wort and Nortriptyline: do they help?

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Denise Barlow, Smoking Cessation Specialist
Effective brief intervention - increasing capacity by training trainers
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Acceptability and short-term outcome of an Internet-based smoking cessation programme

Linda Bauld, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
Smoking treatment and inequalities in health

Jane Beach, Stop Smoking Specialist Clinical Lead
A realistic evaluation of an open access stop smoking clinic

Gary Bickerstaffe, Smoking Cessation Specialist - Hospitals
Hospital inpatient smoking cessation pathway

Renee Bittoun, Director Smokers Clinic, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
A Combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Algorithm for Hard-to-Treat Smokers
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation and Smoking Cessation in Clinical Practice
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The Smoking Cessation Pyramid

Clare Black, Smoking Cessation Co-ordinator
Fresh Air-shire - an integrated smoking prevention and cessation service

Charlotte Blencowe, Acting Public Health Development Manager, The Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission's improvement review of tobacco control

Alex Bobak, GP, Wandsworth PCT, London
How to engage GPs in smoking cessation

John Britton, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nottingham City Hospital
‘PREPS’: future or folly?

Mary-Grace Burinski , Senior Training and Development Officer, ASH Scotland
Smoking cessation training in Scotland

Chris Burton, Lead for Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control
Investigating the effectiveness of sending postcards to people who have quit smoking for 4 weeks

Ruth Bosworth, Director of Services, QUIT
Lone Parents and Smoking
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Quitlines and social exclusion in the UK and Europe

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Shirley Camsell , Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor - Pregnancy
The success of the North East of England Pregnancy Stop Smoking Services

Fiona Cooke, Research Fellow, The University of Auckland
Use of NicAlertTM cotinine test strips for verification of smoking cessation

Steve Crone, Chief Executive, QUIT
Chair: Day 1

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Farah Desai, Stop Smoking Advisor - Communities, Directorate of Public Health, Newham Primary Care Trust, London
Smoking cessation with muslim men

Yunus Dudhwala, Multifaith Manager, Newham University Hospital Trust
Smoking cessation with muslim men

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Jean-Francois Etter, Senior lecturer, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Stopping smoking online

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Anne Fisher, Tobacco Prevention Officer
Smoking cessation in Bowhouse Prison

Ann Fitchett, Pregnancy Stop Smoking Advisor for South Birmingham PCT
Evaluation of a programme of intensive support to help pregnant women stop smoking

Kent Flanigan, Specialist Advisor
Exploring smoking cessation issues in the prison setting - experiences from the North East

Jonathan Foulds, Associate Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health and Director, Tobacco Dependence Program, USA
Smokeless tobacco: problems and opportunities
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The Debate: "This house believes that six-session group treatment should be abandoned in favour of open rolling groups"

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Katherine Galt, Specialist Stop Smoking Adviser
Rising to the challenge of increased stop smoking targets

Wendy Gnich, Research Fellow, RUHBC Medical School, Edinburgh
Better practices for youth smoking cessation - lessons from the NHS health Scotland/ASH Scotland young people and smoking cessation pilot programme

Andy Graham, Freah - Smoke Free North East Coordinator
Promoting smoke free workplaces: implications for stop smoking services

Kirk Green , Specialist Advisor working with Young People, Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Building the evidence base for working with young people - different approaches to a challenging dilemma

Eithne Greenshields , Regional Training Officer, ASH Scotland
Smoking cessation training in Scotland

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Peter Hajek, Professor of Clinical Psychology
Help with stopping smoking: Who's asking for it? Who needs it?
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If smokers smoke for nicotine, why isn't nicotine replacement treatment more effective?

Rachel Harrison, Policy and Research Manager, ASH Scotland
Scotland's smoking ban: how the smoke-free battle was won

Gerard Hastings, Director, Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Stirling and Open University, Stirling.
The Debate: "This house believes that six-session group treatment should be abandoned in favour of open rolling groups"

Paul Hayton, Director of the healthy prisons programme, healthy settings development unit, UK
Best Practice for Smoking Cessation in Prisons

Patricia Hodgson, Regional Tobacco Policy Manager
Tackling smoking in the home

Sally Hone, Choosing Health Manager for Tobacco Control and Physical Activity
Pharmacists to deliver stop smoking programmes - a success story

Paul Hooper, Regional Tobacco Policy Manager
A report on the health professionals and smoking cessation in a larger Europe EU project - How does England compare?

John Hughes, Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, Univ VT
New medications
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The nicotine withdrawal syndrome

Joanne Hunter, The Healthcare Commission, London
The Healthcare Commission's improvement review of tobacco control

Andrew Hyland, Associate Member
Smoke-free public places: implications for stop smoking services

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Wendy Kite , Smoking Cessation Specialist, West Surrey Stop Smoking Service
Update on improving access to stop smoking services for people with mental health problems

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Reetta Leinonen, Assistant Psychologist
Increasing the use of written materials in NHS community based stop smoking interventions. The impact of providing a comprehensive resource pack.

Maxine Linnell, Smoking Cessation Specialist, Resolution Stop Smoking Service
Marketing smoking cessation programmes to the business world

Judy Loggie, Stop Smoking Service Manager
Successful and accesible - Stop smoking services provided by comunity pharmacies

Kerry Lynch, Tobacco Control Coordinator
Exploring smoking cessation issues in the prison setting - experiences from the North East
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Primary care smoking cessation provision - training and support

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Susan MacAskill, Senior Researcher, Institute of Social Marketing and CTCR, University of Stirling and Open University
Best Practice for Smoking Cessation in Prisons
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Support of quitting in prisons: strategies and stakeholders in reaching this disadvantaged population group
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Raising tobacco awareness: lessons from a class teacher delivered programme

Ann McNeill, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
Harm minimisation and the role of NRT

Patricia Marshall, Smoking Cessation Service Manager
Development of the Drop In Model of practice

Wendy Martindale, Specialist Smoking Cessation Link Adviser with Hartlepool PCT
Development of the Drop In Model of practice

Sylvia May, Researcher, Health Behaviour Unit, University College London
Randomized controlled trial of a social support ('buddy') intervention for smoking cessation.

Rose Marie Meier, Resident in Militar Hospital of Santiago, Chilie
Chilean strategies for tobacco control

Andy McEwen, Senior research nurse, cancer research UK health behaviour unit
Closing remarks

Agnes McGowan, Principal Health Promotion Officer, Smoking Concerns, Glasgow
The Debate: "This house believes that six-session group treatment should be abandoned in favour of open rolling groups"

Melody McGrillis, Roy Castle Fag-Ends Smoking Cessation within Prisons
Roy Castle fag-ends smoking cessation within prisons

Hayden McRobbie, Research Fellow, Clinical Trials Research Unit, the University of Auckland
Welcome
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Best practice for smoking cessation in pregnancy
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How to engage GPs in smoking cessation
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Use of NicAlertTM cotinine test strips for verification of smoking cessation

A M Menezes, Professor of Respiratory Medicine; Post-Graduate Program of Epidemiology; UFPEL, Brazil
Smoking in early adolescence: evidence from the 1993 birth cohort study
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Early determinants of smoking in adolescence: a prospective birth cohort study
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Effectiveness of an intervention on smoking among school-adged adolescents in Brazil
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Epidemiology of smoking in latin american middle-aged and older adults: the Platino study

Shirley Merrett, Manager Stop Smoking Services/Tobacco Control, Poole PCT
Equitable prescribing and the effective use of Patient Group Direction to improve service provision

Iain Miller, Tobacco Control / Smoking Cessation Coordinator
Is there a price to pay to meet 4-week quitter targets? - 'warts and all' experiences of Derwentside Smoking Cessation service
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Building the evidence base for working with young people - different approaches to a challenging dilemma

Russell Moody, Training & Development Co-ordinator, Plymouth Stop Smoking Service
A workshop on challenges to the future of NHS stop smoking services (and possible solutions) + Workshop Report

Takako Morita, Research Resident, Dept. of Health Promotion and Edu., Osaka Med. Cr. for Health Science and Promo.
Attitudes and behavioral patterns toward smoking cessation among nicotine dependent smokers in Japan and their attitudes change by the price of cigarettes

Heather Muir, Smoking Cessation Practitioner, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand
Don't quit yet

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Masakazu Nakamura, Director Dpt of Health Promotion and Education, Osaka Medical Ctr. for Health Science and Promotion
Policy research for establishing nicotine dependence treatment services in Japan

Felix Naughton, PhD Student, General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit, University of Cambridge
Self-help smoking cessation interventions in pregnancy - a systematic review

Alison Nichol, Stop Smoking Specialist, Northumberland Care Trust
Primary care smoking cessation provision - training and support

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Sue O'Brien, Smoking Cessation Specialist, West Surrey Stop Smoking Service
Update on improving access to stop smoking services for people with mental health problems

Carmel O'Gorman, Network Co-ordinator, Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield
Smoking and pregnancy. Modern networks for improving practice and services

Annie Owen, Army SC Project Co-ord
Smoking cessation - the military experience

Christine Owens, Manager, The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, Liverpool
Helping stop smoking services plan for and maximize the effects of smoke free legislation
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The Debate: "This house believes that six-session group treatment should be abandoned in favour of open rolling groups"

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Nagina Parwez, Smoking Cessation Specialist for Resolution (County) NHS Stop Smoking Service.
Marketing smoking cessation programmes to the business world

Jennifer Percival, Royal College of Nursing Tobacco Education project
A report on the health professionals and smoking cessation in a larger Europe EU project - How does England compare?

Stephen Platt, Director & Professor, RUHBC, University of Edinburgh
Better practices for youth smoking cessation - Lessons from the NHS health Scotland/ASH Scotland young people and smoking cessation pilot programme

Alexander Prokhorov, Professor, Dept. Behavioral Science, Houston
Training physicians and pharmacists in smoking cessation counselling: preliminary results

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Deborah Ritchie, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Does one size fit all?

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Leena Sankla, Project Director
Tobacco cessation among south asians in the UK

Deborah Scott, Specialist Advisor
Exploring smoking cessation issues in the prison setting - experiences from the North East

Kawaldip Sehmi, Director, Health Inequalities, QUIT
Pro-active telephone counselling-quitlines

Lion Shahab, Research Health Psychologist/PhD Student, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit
Impact of biomarker feedback on smoking

Christine Sheehy, Senior Researcher, Scottish Centre for Social Research, Edinburgh
Better practices for youth smoking cessation - lessons from the NHS health Scotland/ASH Scotland young people and smoking cessation pilot programme

Saul Shiffman, Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Understanding lapse and relapse

Lindsay Stead, Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group Co-ordinator
Exploring the Evidence - Cochrane Reviews on Smoking Cessation

Paul Steele, Senior Stop Smoking Advisor
A stop smoking service, dedicated to meeting the needs of mental health patients and the homeless

Lt. Louise Storey , Royal Navy
Smoking cessation - the military experience

Lianne Straus, Researcher, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit, UCL
Accessing hard to reach black and minority ethnic groups: lessons learnt from research with the Somali population
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Tobacco use amongst the Somali population: researching and understanding prevalence and attitudes

Gay Sutherland, Research Psychologist, Tobacco Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London University and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Smoking Cessation Clinic
Chair: Day 2

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John Taylor, School of Human Development, Academic Division of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Child Health, University of Nottingham, City Hospital.
Perceived barriers towards pregnant women seeking out support at smoking cessation services

Ronnie Troughton, Smoking Cessation Advisor, Smokers' Clinic, Royal London Hospital
Best practice for smoking cessation within mental health services

The Insider:
Special screening of the film 'The Insider' - staring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe

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Michael Ussher, Senior Lecturer, Psychology Section, Community Health Sciences, St George’s Hospital, University of London
Why some quitters don’t go to NHS stop smoking services

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Mark Wallace-Bell, Senior Lecturer in Addictions, National Addiction Center, University of Otago, New Zealand
Towards smoke free mental health services - The New Zealand experience

Gillian Wayman, Specialist Smoking Cessation Coordinator/Advisor - Pregnancy
The success of the North East of England Pregnancy Stop Smoking Services

Robert West, Professor of Health Psychology
The PRIME theory of motivation and its application to smoking cessation
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Behavioural support: what is the state of the art?

Maria Williams, Stop Smoking Service Co-ordinator
'Drop in 2 Quit'

Nicky Willis, Smoking Cessation Project Manager
Cannabis use and smoking cessation

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Ben Youdan, Chief Executive, No Smoking Day
Still smokin' after 23 years - No Smoking Day 2006; the official results!

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