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<p>A number of measures are in place to support the National Health Service and local
public health services to help stop people smoking.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England
(PHE) will continue to commission the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
to provide free online training, briefings and service reviews to support commissioning
and delivery of stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will review and update the
CLeaR tobacco control tool, which provides a self-assessment and peer review model
for local areas to reflect on and develop their local tobacco control programmes,
including stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also developed a Menu of Preventative
Interventions to support local Sustainability and Transformation Plans, including
actions to treat tobacco dependence among patients who smoke.</p><p> </p><p>The new
national alcohol and tobacco CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) indicator
will support the NHS to record the smoking status of all inpatients and to offer smokers
medication and referral.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will continue to support local authorities
to review the effectiveness of stop smoking interventions, particularly where they
want to commission new quitting support models.</p>
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