Tobacco addiction: A treatable chronic disease and the importance of boosting the frequency of quit attempts and the role that medicines innovation can play
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Dr Alex Bobak GP and GPSI in Smoking Cessation, Wandsworth Medical Centre, London
Dr Sarah Clarke MB BS, Consultant to GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
Biography
Dr. Alex Bobak is senior partner of Wandsworth Medical Centre, a General Practice in South London. He has been running specialist stop smoking clinics as a GP for many years and was the first GP with a Special Interest (GPSI) in Smoking Cessation in the country. He has conducted research into pharmacological treatment in smoking cessation and teaches smoking cessation to health professionals in the United Kingdom and abroad. His main interest is the systematic delivery of smoking cessation in primary care.