Quality Prescribing Guidance for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction 2026-2029
Smoking
- All people who smoke should be advised to stop and offered support to help facilitate this in order to minimise cardiovascular and general health risks
- At every opportunity, ask people if they smoke or have recently stopped smoking
- Varenicline or combination nicotine replacement therapy should be offered alone or as part of a smoking cessation programme to augment professional advice and increase long-term abstinence rates